Agrypnus Eschscholtz

Akhter, Muhammad Atique, Drumont, Alain, Rizvi, Syed Anser & Ahmed, Zubair, 2012, Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan, Zootaxa 3223, pp. 40-54 : 41

Key to the species of the genus Agrypnus Eschscholtz of Pakistan

1 Prothorax longer than broad............................................................................. 6

- Prothorax broader than long............................................................................. 2

2 Propleurae and metasternum with grooves.................................................................. 3

- Propleurae and metasternum without grooves............................................................... 4

3 Propleurae with grooves for accommodating anterior tarsi..................................... A. dadarensis sp. n.

- Propleurae and metasternum with grooves for accommodating anterior and mid tarsi respectively, hind angles truncated........................................................................................... A. piger (Candèze)

4 Scutellum shield shaped........................................................... A. himalayanus (Jagemann)

- Scutellum pentagonal shaped............................................................................ 5

5 Scutellum impunctate, depressed medially........................................... A. cashmiriensis (Della Beffa)

- Scutellum punctate, not depressed medially............................................... A. thibetanus ((Reitter)

6 Lateral margin entire without carina, apices of elytra weakly spinose............................ A. ellipictus (Candèze)

- Lateral margin crenulate with carina, apices of elytra rounded.............................. A. brachychaetus (Kollar)