Ptilium
W. Eugene Hall
- Ptilium sharpi
- Ptilium columbianum
- Ptilium humile
- Ptilium obscurum
- Ptilium hornianum
- Ptilium fungicola
- Ptilium truncatum
- Ptilium sulcatum
- Ptilium solidum
- Ptilium tropicum
- Ptilium smithsi
- Ptilium rufotestaceum
- Ptilium planum
- Ptilium impressum
Introduction
This speciose genus is distributed, with few exceptions, worldwide. Numerous species of Ptilium have been erroneously placed within various genera of similar appearance, and thus the genus is in need of revision. Ptilium can be found in leaf litter samples, compost heaps or other situations involving decayed organic matter.
Characteristics
Characters of Ptilium include entire elytra, bifid pygyidial tooth, 'triangular' mesosternal process, pronotum with or without sulci (Dybas, 1990). As stated above, this genus is in need of revision, and the list of characters separating Ptilium form other Ptiliinae is tentative at best.
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