Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) sericatus Brancsik 1907
Creators: name: Schilthuizen, Menno
name: van Oostenbrugge, Wesley
name: Visser, Stefan
name: van der Meer, Marrit
name: Delval, Richard
name: Dias, Claudia
name: Köster, Heko
name: Maarschall, Rudie
name: Peeters, Norbert
name: Venema, Peter
name: Zaremba, Ryan
name: Beltrami, Cristina
name: Rossato, Marzia
name: Latella, Leonardo
name: Nieuwenhuis, Florinda
name: de Rop, Nicole
name: Njunjić, Iva
name: Perreau, Michel
name: Koene, Joris M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus
Ptomaphagus sericatus

description: Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) sericatus(Chaudoir, 1845 )
Nomenclature
Catops sericatus Chaudoir, 1845 (Chaudoir, 1845: 199). Holotype (from Kiev) lost. Neotype (here designated) in MNHN. Type locality: Kiev (Fig. 2).
Catops (Ptomaphagus) sericatus Chaudoir, 1845 (Seidlitz, 1887: 93)
Ptomaphagus sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845) (Brancsik, 1907: 60) (Change of combination)
Ptomaphagus subvillosus var. sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845) (Hatch, 1928: 166)
Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845) (Jeannel, 1936: 87)
Ptomaphagus (s. str.) dacicus Jeannel, 1934 (Jeannel, 1934: 170). Holotype in MNHN. Type locality: Transylvania: Cluj. syn. n. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) pyrenaeus Jeannel, 1934 (Jeannel, 1934: 170). Holotype in MNHN. Type locality: France: Basses Pyrénées, grotte de Istaürdy. syn. n.
Examined material
Type specimens
Neotype (here designated): “ Kijow D-r Lgocki” / “sericatus” [Jeannel’s handwriting] / “Coll. Dr Lgocki” / Pt. sericatus s. str. det. M. Schilthuizen 2015” / “ NEOTYPE Ptomaphagus sericatus Chaudoir M. Schilthuizen et al. des. 2020” 1 male in MNHN.
The holotype, which should be in Chaudoir’s collection in MNHN, has not been found and is presumed lost. We have chosen the specimen above as neotype since it comes fom the type locality as mentioned in the original publication of Chaudoir (Chaudoir, 1845): Kiev in Ukraine.
Holotype of P. dacicus: “Transylvanie Cluj ” / “J. Roth 2.viii.25” / “TYPE” [red label] / “MUSÉUM PARIS Coll. R. Jeannel 1931” 1 male in MNHN.
Holotype of P. pyrenaeus: “Grotte d’Istaurdie” / “TYPE” [red label] / “MUSÉUM PARIS Coll. R. JEANNEL 1931” 1 male holotype in MHNH.
Other examined specimens
Austria. Mödling, 1891, leg. Schuster, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (ZMA.INS.1141148). Bulgaria. Sliven Kežbonar, 17.vi1908, leg. Rambousek, 1 male in MNHN. Sofia, viii.1908, leg. Rambousek, 1male in MNHN. Croatia. Pakrac, leg. Apfelbeck, 3 males in HNHM. Czechia. Moravia, coll. F. Speiser, 2 males in HNHM. Mähren, Friedland, leg. A. Starhon, 2 males in HNHM. France. Languedoc-Rousillon, Aude, Les Arnoulats, 470 m, 1.ix.2013, leg. W. van Oostenbrugge & S. Visser, 3 males, 5 females in RMNH+ZMAN (RMNH.INS.63355-63362). Pyrenees, Soula, 42.93573N, 1.6662E, 600 m, 1.ix.2013; leg. W. v. Oostenbrugge & S. Visser, 1 male, 2 females in RMNH+ZMAN (RMNH. INS.63369-63371). Grotte d’Istaurdie Bass. Pyr., leg. Jeannel 1931, 1 male in MNHN. Ahusquy B. Pyr., 29.vi.41, 1 male in MSNV. Grotte de Béhérobie, ix.1913, leg. Jeannel, 2 females in MNHN. Entrée grotte d’Istaurdie, ix.1913, leg. Jeannel, 1 male in MNHN. Germany. Halle, Sennewitz SeM, poplar plantation, 22.v.1986, leg. Fritzlar, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (RMNH. INS.634235). München, leg. P. Meier, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (ZMA.INS.1141331). Hungary. Zala m. Nagyrécse, legelöerdö (déli rész), korhadt fából rostálva, 6.x.2005, leg. O. Merkl & A. Grabant, 1 male in HNHM. Györ m., Feketeerdö, rostálás, 17.x.1989, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Pilis-hgys. Lukács-árok, 8.vii.1983, leg. I. Loksa, 1 male in HNHM. Borsod m., Jósvafö, Nagy-oldal, 450 m, korhadt tölgyböl, 21.iv.1992, leg. L. Ádám, 1 male in HNHM. Györ – Sopron m. Feketeerdö, Felsö-Erdö, talajcsapda 29.viii.1991, leg. L. Ádám, 1 male in HNHM. Györ-M.-S.m., Osli, Tölösi-erdö, 16.iv.1996, leg. A. Podlussány, 1 male in HNHM. Aggleteki National Park, Aggletek, Patkós-oldal, Melittidi-Fagetum, talajcsapda, 2.vi.1987, leg. L. Ádám, 1 male in HNHM. Borsod-A.-Z. m., Miskolc-Pereces, 19.ix.1985, leg. K. Sin, 1 male in HNHM. Békés m., Szarvas, Szarvási Arborétum, romlott húsról, 31.vii.1998, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Bács-Kiskun m., Karapancsa, keményfaliget, talajcsapda, 14.xi.1991 – 21.iii.1992, leg. I. Loksa, 1 male in HNHM. Aggteleki National Park, Szögliget, Patkós-völgy, Melittidi-Fagetum, rostálas 25.viii.1987, leg. Ádám & Szél, 1 male in HNHM. Györ-M.-S. m., Püski, keményfaliget, talajcsapda, 23.vi.-20.viii.1993, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Györ-M.-S. m., Dunakiliti, Új-mérés, keményfaliget, rostálás, 14.iii.1994, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Bükki National Park, Cserépfalu, Hór-vögy, 250 m, farakás alól, rostálás, 12.iv.1984, leg. Merkl & Korsós, 4 males in HNHM. Fejér m., Martonvásár, Gábori erdö, Sz László, patakpart, talajcsapdából, 19.vi.2014, leg. M. Molnár, 1 male in HNHM. Balatonkenese, N47°2’28,98”, E18°7’8,6, 18.v.2013 - 2.v.2014, leg. S. Sághy Szolt, 1 male in HNHM. Kiskunsági National Park, Ócsa, Nagyerdö turjános talajcsapda, 3.viii.-5.ix.1977, leg. Adam & Hamori, 4 males in HNHM. Budapest, 1903, leg. Diener, 1 male in HNHM.Budapest, Káposztásmegyar, 100 m, nydras, erjedö gyümöks, 9.iv.1980, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Aggteléki National Park, Szin, Szelcepuszta, Waldsteinio-Querco-Carpinetum, talajcsapda v.1987 – v.1988, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Györ-M.-S. m., Máriakálnok, keményfaliget, rostálás, 9.iv.1994, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Békés m. Doboz, Kastélypark, 90 m, varjúldagröl, 17.iv.1980, leg. Adám, 1 male in HNHM. Békés m. Gyula, Városerdö, 90 m, rostálás, 29.x.1981, leg. Ádám, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, coll. Mihók 5.v.1918, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Füvesz kerz., 8.iv.1904, leg. Biró, 1 male in HNHM. Pest m. Bag, Zöld-haz, Tuber excavatum, 20.viii.1994, leg. Z. Bratek, 1 male in HNHM. Siófok, leg. Lichteneckert, 1 male in HNHM. Magas-Bakony Kek hegy, talajrostálás, 1.xi.1982, leg. Podlussány & I. Rozner, 3 males in HNHM. Veszprém m. Bakonynána, 24.iv.1993, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Pest m., Makád, Duna-ártér, rostálás, 1.v.1991, leg. O. Merkl, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Hüvösvölgy, gyermekvasút-állomás, U-vitamin-csapda, 8-17.viii.1992, leg. Z. Bratek, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Csücshegy, U-vitamin-csapda, 10-17.viii.1992, leg. Z. Bratek, 1 male in HNHM. Pilis-hgys. Lukács-árok, 8.vii.1983, leg.I. Loksa, 3 males in HNHM. Putnok, coll. E. Frivalszky, 1 male in HNHM. M-Övár, leg. D. Révy, various dates 1941-1945, 3 malesinHNHM.Budapest,vicinityofKamaraerdö, coll. H. Diener, 3 males in HNHM. Budapest, Rákos, v.1906, coll. H. Diener, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Lágymányos, coll. H. Diener, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Füveirh, 9.iv.1904, leg. Biró, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, Muzeum kerz., 14.xi.1917, leg. Biró, 1 male in HNHM. Csepek, 1 male in HNHM. Zircz, leg. Pavel, 1 male in HNHM. Pécs, 1909, leg. Kaufmann, 1 male in HNHM. Budapest, leg. Biró, 1 male in HNHM. Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Noghera, coll. Jeannel, 1 male in MNHN. Poland. Janów ad Olszkyn, 15.iv.1927, 1 male in MHNH. Bouszezów, 17.viii.1938, 1 male in MNHN. Silesia, Blelitz, leg. A. Smolka, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (ZMA.INS.1140973). Silesia, Teschen, leg. V. Wanka, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (ZMA.INS.1141341). Romania. Bajle Herculane, leg. Machulka, 1 male in MNPC. Herkulesbad, 1895, leg. Ganglbauer, 1 male in MNPC. Gomana Vlaska, leg. A.L. Montandon, 1 male in MNHN. Transylvania, Udvarhely m. Gagy Zálos Tetö, 19.ix.1916, leg. J. Fodor, 1 male in HNHM. Transylvania, Brassó m. Czenk alja, 2.x.1918, leg. J. Fodor, 1 male in HNHM. Transylvania, Szeben m. Nagyszeben, Burgberg, 20.v.1918, leg. J. Fodor, 1 male in HNHM. Herkulesfürdö, coll. J. Fodor, 1 male in HNHM. Transylvania, Krassó-Szörény m. Mehádja, 17.iv.1915, leg. J. Fodor, 1 male in HNHM. Transylvania, Jud. Cluj. Dej Szölöi erdö, 300 m, Carpinetum, rostálás, 5.viii.1981, leg. Podlussány & Sacl, 1 male in HNHM. Herkulesfürdö, coll. Mihók, 1 male in HNHM. Krassó-M, 1 male in HNHM. Herkulesfürdó, 1882, leg. Pável, 1 male in HNHM. Krassó-M, 1877, leg. J. Frivalszky & Pável, 1 male in HNHM. Transsylvania, Hermannstadt (Sibiu), 24.v.1932, coll. Hlisnikowski, 1 male in NMPC. Serbia. Avala near Beograd, 1930, leg. Bischoff, 1 male in MNHN. Slovakia. Pressburger Com., leg. V. Zoufal, 5 males in HNHM. Slovenia. Istria, Mte Tajano, i. viii.1975, leg. Brandmeyr, 1 male in MSNV. Carniolia, coll. Lichtn., 1 male in HNHM. Ukraine. Diwinograd p. Borszizou, 21.vii.1938, 1 male in MNHN. Zezawa o. Zaleszczyki, 6.vii.1935, coll. Tenebaum, 1 male in MNHN. Unknown country. Dormuglet, 1 male in HNHM. Herk., viii.1896, coll. Veth, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (RMNH.INS.634084). Karlsburg, leg. Zellich, 1 male in RMNH+ZMAN (ZMA.INS.1141338). Natalia [Natolia?], 5.x.1938, 1 male in MNHN.
Diagnosis
Antennae (fig. 3a) more robust than in P. medius, but more slender than in P. thebeatles: 6TH antennomere c. 1.5 times as wide as long in the male, c. 2 times as wide as long in the female. Aedeagus (fig. 4b) slender and long, tapering gradually towards the apex, and then, near the apical orifice, in a distinct curve; apex in dorsal view triangular, with a 90° angle, although in more apical view, the very tip is often even sharper; in lateral view not sinuous; apical orifice slightly more basal than the tips of the parameres.
Distribution
An east, central, and south-European species, reaching the Pyrenees in the west, northeastern Poland in the north, Bulgaria in the south, and central Ukraine in the east (fig. 5). Statements on its distribution in the older literature cannot be fully relied upon, since the species may have been confused with P. thebeatles and P. medius.
Notes
The type, from Kiev, is presumed lost. Chaudoir’s collection is held in Paris, but Jeannel (1934, 1936) did not see the type, and subsequent authors (Sokolowksi, 1956; Perreau, 2000) have also been unable to locate it. Given that the identity of P. sericatus has been unclear, we therefore find it important to designate a neotype, from Kiev, the original type locality.
DNA barcodes
We have generated 11 DNA-barcodes for specimens from the south of France (Languedoc-Rousillon and Ariège; figs 6, 7). However, as these were generated with the internal ‘Ron’ and ‘Nancy’ primers (which avoid the amplification problems encountered with the ‘Folmer’ primers),they are less than500 bp in length and therefore do not qualify for Barcode Identification Number (BIN). Genetic distance with P. thebeatles amounts to c. 3%. Unfortunately, we were unable to obtain DNA barcodes for material from eastern and central Europe.
description: Published as part of Schilthuizen, Menno, van Oostenbrugge, Wesley, Visser, Stefan, van der Meer, Marrit, Delval, Richard, Dias, Claudia, Köster, Heko, Maarschall, Rudie, Peeters, Norbert, Venema, Peter, Zaremba, Ryan, Beltrami, Cristina, Rossato, Marzia, Latella, Leonardo, Nieuwenhuis, Florinda, de Rop, Nicole, Njunjić, Iva, Perreau, Michel & Koene, Joris M., 2021, Ptomaphagus thebeatles n. sp., a previously unrecognized beetle from Europe, with remarks on urban taxonomy and recent range expansion (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), pp. 1-20 in Contributions to Zoology 90 (1) on pages 9-13, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-BJA10007, http://zenodo.org/record/8343271