Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan
Author
Akhter, Muhammad Atique
Author
Drumont, Alain
Author
Rizvi, Syed Anser
Author
Ahmed, Zubair
text
Zootaxa
2012
3223
40
54
journal article
45295
10.5281/zenodo.280288
ca2bff2d-7ebd-4c91-97c9-76fb339a4ef9
1175-5326
280288
Key to the species of the genus
Agrypnus
Eschscholtz
of
Pakistan
1 Prothorax longer than broad............................................................................. 6
- Prothorax broader than long............................................................................. 2
2 Propleurae and metasternum with grooves.................................................................. 3
- Propleurae and metasternum without grooves............................................................... 4
3 Propleurae with grooves for accommodating anterior tarsi.....................................
A
.
dadarensis
sp. n.
- Propleurae and metasternum with grooves for accommodating anterior and mid tarsi respectively, hind angles truncated...........................................................................................
A. piger
(Candèze)
4 Scutellum shield shaped...........................................................
A. himalayanus
(Jagemann)
- Scutellum pentagonal shaped............................................................................ 5
5 Scutellum impunctate, depressed medially...........................................
A. cashmiriensis
(Della Beffa)
- Scutellum punctate, not depressed medially...............................................
A. thibetanus
((Reitter)
6 Lateral margin entire without carina, apices of elytra weakly spinose............................
A. ellipictus
(Candèze)
- Lateral margin crenulate with carina, apices of elytra rounded..............................
A. brachychaetus
(Kollar)