Ptomascopus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Silphidae
Subfamilia: Nicrophorinae
Genus: Ptomascopus
Species: P. morio – P. plagiatus – P. zhangla – †P. aveyronensis
Name

Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876

Ptomascopus plagiatus

References

Sikes, D.S.; Madge, R.B.; Newton, A.F. 2002: A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world. Zootaxa, 65: 1–304. PDF

Ptomascopus is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Nicrophorinae that contains the following species:[1]

Ptomascopus morio Kraatz, 1877
Ptomascopus plagiatus Ménétriés, 1854
Ptomascopus zhangla Háva, Schneider & Růžička, 1999
† Ptomascopus aveyronensis Flach, 1890

References

"Ptomascopus Taxon Profile".