Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon Author Németh, Tamás text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-07 4614 1 127 159 journal article 26555 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.6 25e4c643-3a35-4135-9809-58f25fcca05c 1175-5326 3241194 7F5EAB98-0D41-4C8C-AA0B-1663E39EDFB2 Ampedus praeustus ( Fabricius, 1792 ) ( Fig. 57 ) Elater praeustus Fabricius, 1792: 229 . Elater aster B. G. Rye, 1905: 355 . Elater aurileguloides Buysson, 1886 : xxviii. Elater exsanguis Eschscholtz, 1830: 17 . Elater subdepressus Rey, 1887: 78 . Elater tauricus Reitter, 1889: 111 . Material examined. “ LEBANON , Northern gov., Ehden, Horsh Ehden Natural Reserve, from hollow Quercus , 34°18’33”N , 35°59’14”E , 1525 m , 21.V.2015 , leg. M. Boustani, A. Márkus & T. Németh” (1, HNHM ). Same but “from beneath bark of Pinus , 19.VI.2016 , leg. A. Kotán , P. Nemes & T. Németh ” and “19,VI - 20.VIII.2016 , reared from larva from hollow Quercus ” (1, HNHM ) ; “ LEBANON , Northern gov., Ehden , Horsh Ehden Natural Reserve , swept & hand-collected, 34°18’33”N , 35°59’14”E , 1525 m , 2.V.2017 , leg. M. Boustani , A. Kotán , P. Nemes & T. Németh (No. 32)” (1, HNHM ) . Distribution. E: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belarus, Central European territory of Russia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldavia, The Netherlands, North European territory of Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, South European territory of Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine ( Cate et al 2007 ), Albania ( Pedroni & Platia 2010 ). N: Morocco. A: East & West Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkey ( Cate 2007 ). New for Lebanon .