Ptomaphagus (Appadelopsis), Gnaspini, 1996

Peck, Stewart B. & Newton, Alfred F., 2017, An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 211-258 : 225-226

Subgenus Appadelopsis Gnaspini, 1996

Appadelopsis Gnaspini, 1996: 538 (as subgenus of Ptomaphagus ). Type species: Adelops mitchellensis Hatch, 1933 (by original designation). Biology: Small-eyed, flightless soil-litter inhabitants (edaphobites).

Distribution. E Nearctic (17 species).

P. (A.) alleghenyensis ( Peck, 1978b: 363) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: 5 mi S Witmer, Pendleton County, West Virginia. North American distribution: USA: WV.

P. (A.) appalachianus ( Peck, 1978b: 366) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Manitou Cave , Fort Payne , DeKalb County, Alabama. North American distribution: USA: AL, GA.

P. (A.) bedfordensis ( Peck, 1978b: 369) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in FMNH. Type locality: Campbell Cave , Bedford County, Tennessee. North American distribution: USA: TN.

P. (A.) cumberlandus ( Peck, 1978b: 369) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: 5 mi N Garth, Jackson County, Alabama. North American distribution: USA: AL.

P. (A.) fumosus ( Peck, 1978b: 371) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in FMNH. Type locality: near Chimney Campground , 3600’, Great Smoky Mts. National Park , Sevier County, Tennessee. North American distribution: USA: GA, NC, TN.

P. (A.) joanna ( Peck, 1978b: 374) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Joanna Bald , 4700’, Andrews , Cherokee County, North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC.

P. (A.) merritti Tishechkin, 2007: 61 . Holotype male in FMNH. Type locality: Appalachian Trail near Doe Knob , Great Smoky Mountains National Park Swain County, North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC, TN.

P. (A.) mitchellensis ( Hatch, 1933: 208) (Adelops) . Holotype male in AMNH. Type locality: Mt. Mitchell , North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC.

P. (A.) nashvillensis ( Peck, 1978b: 371) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in USNM. Type locality: near Nashville , Davidson County, Tennessee. North American distribution: USA: TN.

P. (A.) neojonesi Peck and Newton , nomen novum (replacement name for P. (A.) jonesi (Peck)) . North American distribution: USA: AL.

= Adelopsis jonesi Peck, 1978b: 367 (preoccupied, not Ptomaphagus valentinei jonesi Jeannel, 1949: 103 ). Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Wolf Den Cave, near Maude, Colbert County, Alabama.

P. (A.) orichalcum ( Peck, 1978b: 376) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Brasstown Bald , Union County, Georgia. North American distribution: USA: GA.

P. (A.) pecki Gnaspini, 1996: 538 , 555 (replacement name for P. (A.) altus (Peck, 1978)) . North American distribution: USA: NC.

= Adelopsis altus ( Peck, 1978b: 373) (preoccupied, not P. altus Peck, 1973 ). Holotype male in USNM. Type locality: Mt. Mitchell, 6500 ′, Yancey County, North Carolina.

P. (A.) pisgahensis ( Peck, 1978b: 376) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in MCZC.Type locality: Mt. Pisgah , 1475 m, Haywood-Transylvania Cos., North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC.

P. (A.) richlandensis ( Peck, 1978b: 365) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Richland Balsam , 6000’, Haywood County, North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC.

P. (A.) scottsboroensis ( Peck, 1978b: 370) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: 10 mi N Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama. North American distribution: USA: AL.

P. (A.) steevesi ( Peck, 1978b: 362) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Coweeta Hydrological Lab., Norton , Macon County, North Carolina. North American distribution: USA: NC.

P. (A.) suteri ( Peck, 1978b:363) (Adelopsis) . Holotype male in CNCI. Type locality: Black Rock Mountain State Park , Mountain City , Rabun County, Georgia. North American distribution: USA: GA.