The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records Author Nitzu, Eugen text Zootaxa 2013 3620 3 351 378 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2 e069b1f3-4ead-4ae7-8b0f-fe760f2d92c5 1175-5326 216183 56681B7A-1381-4071-9390-0410250D898B 7. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845) Zoogeographic element. Euro-Caucasian (listed as “subpontic element in Szymczakowski 1959). Distribution. From the Caucasus in the east to Southern (northern Italy and southern France ) and Central Europe. Distribution in Romania . Epigeal records. Bucegi Mt. (LL82), (Ieniştea 1941, 1956); Sibiu (KL77), Sighişoara (LM21), Bazna (KM81), Braşov (LL85) (all: Petri 1912, 1926); Tocarnia (Maramureş) (LN08) (Niţu 2008); Comana (MJ39) (Montandon 1906, 1908). Hypogeal records. Cheile Caraşului (MSS) (ER60), Comarnic (karst) (ER70), Platoul Cârnealä (EQ79) ( 21.V.2006 , RB leg., ISER) ( Fig. 3 ). Ecological status. Trogloxene.