Cardiophorus pakistanicus Platia, 2015

Platia, Giuseppe & Ahmed, Zubair, 2016, Contribution to the fauna of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16, pp. 3-28 : 14

Cardiophorus pakistanicus Platia, 2015 ( Figs. 21, 21a , 56 )

Material examined. 2 spcms. ♂ ♀ - Pakistan: Kashmir, Bagh, 15.VII.2011 ; Tharparkar distr., Mithi, 24.IX. 2014 ( CPG; ZACP) . Described on two male specimens . Female extremely similar to male and difficult to separate without examination of genitalia. Bursa copulatrix sclerified as in the Figs. 21, 21a .

Distribution. Pakistan ( Platia, 2015b).

Cardiophorus pseudofebriens Buysson, 1912 Cardiophorus varius Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002

Material examined. 3 spcms. ♀♀ - Pakistan: Trai, Lower Dir , 3.VIII.2014 ( CPG) . Described from Egypt (Sinai) .

Distribution. Egypt (Sinai) (Arabien) (Schenkling, 1927); Iran ( Cate, 2007); Turkey, Israel, Jordan ( Platia, 2010); Pakistan ( Akhter et al., 2011) (under C. varius Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002 syn. in Nemeth & Platia, 2014).

Figures

Figs. 20-22.- Sclerites of the bursa copulatrix. 20, 20a.- Cardiophorus tharensis n. sp. 21, 21a.- Cardiophorus pakistanicus Platia, 2015. 22, 22a.- Dicronychus islamabadensis n. sp.

Figs. 54-65.- Habitus in total or partial view. 63 54.- Cardiophorus tharensis n. sp. 55.- Cardiophorus doggerioides n. sp. 56.- Cardiophorus pakistanicus Platia, 2015 (♀). 57.- Dicronychus islamabadensis n. sp. 58.- Dicronychus mithiensis n. sp. 59.- Dicronychus stolatoides n. sp. 60.- Dicronychus oxypterus (Candèze, 1860). 61.- Dicronychus stolatus (Erichson, 1840) (♀). 62.- Phorocardius pakistanicus n. sp. (♂). 63-64.- Phorocardius pakistanicus n. sp. (♀♀). 65.- Phorocardius tibialis n. sp. (♂).