Hypoganus inunctus ( Lacordaire, 1835 )

Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2017, A new species of Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from China, with notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 348-362 : 355

Hypoganus inunctus ( Lacordaire, 1835)

( Figs. 5A–F ; 7F; 8E; 9C–D)

Elater cinctus Paykull, 1800: 10 .

Athous inunctus Lacordaire, 1835: 642 (replace name for Elater cinctus Paykull ).

Diacanthus cinctus Germar 1843: 73 .

Corymbites (Hypoganus) cinctus Kiesenwetter 1858: 299 .

Corymbites cinctus Candèze 1863: 167 .

Ludius incinctus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840: 241 .

Ludius (Hypoganus) cinctus Buysson 1894: 114 .

Ludius (Hypoganus) cinctus var. akbesianus Pic, 1903:129 .

Ludius (Hypoganus) cinctus var. semitestaceus Pic, 1905: 181 .

Ludius cinctus Schwarz 1906: 223 .

Hypoganus cinctus Reitter 1911: 219 ; Schenkling 1927: 402; Laurent 1965: 282; Leseigneur 1972: 302; Dolin 1978: 52; Dolin 1982: 254; Gurjeva 1989: 108; Tarnawski 1996: 614; Tarnawski 2001: 289; Schimmel & Tarnawski 2017: 293.

Hypoganus inunctus Cate et al. 2007: 117 ; Mertlik 2016: 67.

Material examined. 2 males, 2 females: 1 female, “Закарпатье, окр. Свалявы, сух. гн. граба, Компанцева Т., N 12, 25.4.90 ” [ Ukraine, Zakarpattia Oblast, Svaliava City env ., dry rot of hornbeam, 25 April 1990, T.V. Kompantseva leg.] ( CPM) ; 1 female, “Бодзентинъ, Кѣлецкаго уѣзд., Якобсонъ, 25.V.95 ” [ Poland, Kielce County, Bodzentyn Town , 25 May 1895, G.G. Jacobson leg.] ( ZISP) ; 1 male, “Grm. b., Dohrn.” [North Germany, Dohrn leg.] ( ZISP, JF) ; 1 male, “95, Tirol” [ Austria, Tyrol, 1895] ( ZISP, AS) .

Diagnosis. Male body length 8.5–11.0 mm, width 2.5–3.0 mm; female body length up to 14.0 mm, width up to 4.0 mm ( Gurjeva 1989; Mertlik 2016). Coloration variable, body brown to black, legs lighter, elytra brownish red to brownish black ( Mertlik 2016, and Figs. 5A–F ). Pronotum with distinct punctures, hind angle slightly divergent and narrowed, apex sub-acute, with a distinct carina. Scutellum widest basally, lateral margins nearly straight and parallel. Elytra with clear striae, each stria consists of a row of deep punctures, the intervals between the striae not very elevated, distinctly pubescent. Male genitalia as Figs. 7F , 8E , penis thin, apex robust and long, paramere with lateral margin slightly curved, much more concave distally, apex round, the hook sharp; female genitalia as Figs. 9C–D , ovipositor with very small styli, spines in central part of bursa copulatrix small.

Remarks. Panzer (1796) firstly described a species under the name Elater cinctus (currently Drapetes cinctus (Panzer) , a synonym of Drapetes mordelloides (Host)) , while Paykull (1800) described another species and reused the name Elater cinctus . The subsequent species Athous inunctus Lacordaire, 1835 is the same as Elater cinctus Paykull, 1800 , thus the name Athous inunctus Lacordaire replaces Elater cinctus Paykull. Hypoganus inunctus ( Lacordaire, 1835) is the valid name instead of Hypoganus cinctus ( Paykull, 1800) .

Distribution. A widely distributed species among Europe and also in Turkey ( Cate et al. 2007; Pedroni & Platia 2010; Németh et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – F. Habitus of Hypoganus inunctus, dorsal (A, D), lateral (B, E) and ventral (C, F) view. A – C. male (9.9 mm; Austria); D – F. female (11.1 mm; Ukraine).

FIGURE 7. A – F. Aedeagus of Hypoganus species, dorsal (A) and ventral (B – F) view: A – B. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); C. H. tibetis, original figure in Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); D. H. miyatakei, original figure in Ôhira (1966); E. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); F. H. inunctus (Germany).

FIGURE 8. A – E. Apex of paramere of Hypoganus species, ventral view: A. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); B. H. tibetis, redraw from Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); C. H. miyatakei, redraw from Ôhira (1966); D. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); E. H. inunctus (Germany). Not to scale.

FIGURE 9. A – D. Genitalia of Hypoganus species: ovipositor, ventral view (A, C); part of female genital tract, general view (B, D). A – B. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); C – D. H. inunctus (Poland). Not to scale.