Lanelater Arnett, 1952

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 : 298

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Genus Lanelater Arnett, 1952

Lanelater Arnett, 1952 . Type species: Agrypnus schotti LeConte, 1853 . For more information, including synonyms, see Kundrata et al. (2019a).

Remarks. Recently, Mangi et al. (2020a, 2020b, 2021, 2022) published several studies on Elateridae from Pakistan; however, these contain some serious flaws. Mangi et al. (2020a) reported a new click-beetle species from Pakistan which they classified in the New World genus Dipropus Germar, 1839 of the subfamily Elaterinae . The new species description was obviously based on a female specimen of the agrypnine genus Lanelater (see Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 in Mangi et al. 2020a). Mangi et al. (2020b) reported the presence of Mexican species Aptopus opata Johnson, 2018 (subfamily Cardiophorinae ; Johnson 2018) in Pakistan. Also that study was obviously based on the species of genus Lanelater (see Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 in Mangi et al. 2020b). Mangi et al. (2021) reported several mostly West Palaearctic species of genus Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829 from Pakistan, including the description of a new species. The new species description was obviously based on a curculionid beetle [sic!], and at least one other species identified by authors as Agriotes was in fact the species of agrypnine genus Lanelater (see Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 and 2 View FIGURE 2 in Mangi et al. 2021). Most recently, Mangi et al. (2022) described a new species of Conoderus from Pakistan but based on the photographs it is in fact again a member of Lanelater (see more details under L. bipunctatus (Candèze, 1857)) .

References

Arnett, R. H. (1952) A review of the Nearctic Adelocerina (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorinae, Pyrophorini). The Wasmann Journal of Biology, 10 (1), 103 - 126.

Germar, E. F. (1839) Ueber die Elateriden mit hautigen Anhangen der Tarsenglieder. Zeitschrift f ¸ r die Entomologie, 1, 193 - 236.

Johnson, P. (2018) New species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Sonora, Mexico, with new country and state records, new taxonomic changes and a classificatory checklist. Dugesiana, 25 (1), 11 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.32870 / dugesiana. v 25 i 1.6921

Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A. S., Douglas, H. B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Bouchard, P. (2019 a) World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys, 839, 83 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 839.33279

Mangi, S., Panhwar, W. A. & Shaikh, A. M. (2020 a) New species of genus Dipropus Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae) from Sindh, Pakistan. Pure and Applied Biology, 9 (3), 2088 - 2096. https: // doi. org / 10.19045 / bspab. 2020.90223

Mangi, S., Panhwar, W. A., Shaikh, A. M., Solangi, G. S., Rind, K. H., Abro, N. A., Memon, Z., Lund, G. H. & Somroo, P. (2020 b) Studies on Aptopus opata and its consequences on different weed and crops; A novel approach from Sindh-Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, 26 (4), 415 - 424. https: // doi. org / 10.28941 / pjwsr. v 26 i 4.868

Mangi, S., Panhwar, W. A. & Shaikh, A. M. (2021) A new species of the genus Agriotes (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from different crops and weeds. Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, 27 (3), 369 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.28941 / pjwsr. v 27 i 3.990

Mangi, S., Panhwar, W. A. & Shaikh, A. M. (2022) New species of genus Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Science Edition, 18 (5), 196 - 209.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Adelocera sabatinellii Platia, 2015 (male); B. Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats & Kashyap, 1992 (male); C. Compsolacon triticumunis (Vats & Kashyap, 1992) (female); D. Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889) (female). Scale bars = 2.0 mm (A), 3.0 mm (B, C, D).

FIGURE 2. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Rismethus pakistanicus Platia & Ahmed, 2016 (male); B. Malacodrilus hajeki Kundrata & Bocak, 2019 (male); C. Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed, 2012 (female); D. Aeoloderma brachmana (Candèze, 1859) (male). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A, D), 2.0 mm (B), 6.0 mm (C).

FIGURE 3. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Aeoloides grisescens (Germar, 1844) (female); B. Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859 (male); C. Heteroderes lenis Candèze, 1859 (female); D. Lanelater pakistanicus Platia, 2015 (male). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (B), 3.0 mm (A, C), 6.0 mm (D).