Meristhus (Sulcimerus) quadripunctatus Candèze, 1857

Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5270 (2), pp. 281-305 : 289

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scientific name	Meristhus (Sulcimerus) quadripunctatus Candèze, 1857
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Meristhus quadripunctatus Candèze, 1857: 163 .

Meristhus (Sulcimerus) quadripunctatus: Hayek, 1973: 234 . For more information, including synonyms, see Hayek (1973).

Distribution. China + Taiwan, India, Nepal, Pakistan; Oriental Region ( Cate 2007, Akhter et al. 2012 a, Akhter et al. 2012b, Naz et al. 2012, Platia & Ahmed 2016).

Literature. Akhter et al. (2012a: 46): first record from Pakistan (although not explicitly written); Akhter et al. (2012b: 69): catalogue, distributional record from Pakistan; Naz et al. (2012: 71): revision, figures of habitus and male genitalia; Akhter et al. (2014: 114): remark; Platia & Ahmed (2016: 5): distributional record from Pakistan, figures of male habitus and genitalia.

References

Akhter, M. A., Drumont, A., Rizvi, S. A. & Ahmed, Z. (2012 a) Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 3223 (1), 40 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3223.1.3

Akhter, M. A., Platia, G., Rizvi, S. A. & Ahmed, Z. (2012 b) Notes on species of the genus Meristhus Candeze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from Pakistan with a description of a new species. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 44 (1), 67 - 70.

Akhter, M. A., Kabalak, M., Rizvi, S. A. & Ahmed, Z. (2014) Contributions to Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) fauna of Pakistan with four new species and three new records. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, 38 (2), 113 - 123.

Cate, P. C. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: L ˆ bl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea Derodontoidea Bostrichoidea Lymexyloidea Cleroidea Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.

Hayek von, C. M. F. (1973) A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomolo gy, 20, 1 - 309. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 150325

Naz, S., Akhter, M. A. & Rizvi, S. A. (2012) The click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Pakistan. The subfamily Agrypninae Candeze, 1857. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, 159 pp.

Platia, G. & Ahmed, Z. (2016) Contribution to the fauna of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 16, 3 - 28.