Ptilium nigrovittis LeConte, 1863

Vorst, Oscar, 2012, A new invasive Ptinella Motschulsky from Europe and North America (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), Zootaxa 3270, pp. 63-66 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213130
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6175312
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scientific name	Ptilium nigrovittis LeConte, 1863
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Ptilium nigrovittis LeConte, 1863: 63 . Type locality: New Orleans [ USA].

The LeConte collection (MCZ) holds a single specimen, labelled as follows: "La. [?= Louisiana]", " Type / 6627", " Ptinella View in CoL / nigrovittis / Motsch[ulsky] / New Orleans", " Aug.-Dec. 2004 / MCZ Image / Database". The specimen representing a male of the forma alata is mounted on a mica slide and is in rather poor condition, lacking most appendages. It was dissected and the aedeagus mounted in PVP ( Lompe 1989) on a glass slide attached to the same pin. The aedeagus is of the simple curved tubular type, similar to that of Ptinella aptera (Guérin-Méneville) View in CoL . It is considered a synonym of Ptinella quercus (LeConte) ( Matthews 1872) View in CoL .

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Bryophyta
Class	Bryopsida
Order	Hypnales
Family	Hypnaceae
Genus	Ptilium