Ptomaphila

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Silphinae
Genus: Ptomaphila
Species (3): P. lacrymosa – P. ovata – P. perlata
Name

Ptomaphila Kirby & Spence, 1828

References

Peck, S.B. 2001: Review of the carrion beetles of Australia and New Guinea (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Australian journal of entomology 40(2): 93–101. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2001.00216.x Reference page.

Ptomaphila is a genus of carrion beetles in the tribe Silphini. It contains the following species:[1]

Ptomaphila lacrimosa Schreibers, 1802
Ptomaphila ovata Portevin, 1926
Ptomaphila perlata Kraatz, 1876

References

"Heterotemna Taxon Profile".