Taxonomic notes on three species of the genus Agonischius (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterinae, Elaterini) with a new species from Taiwan Author Arimoto, Kôichi text Zootaxa 2016 4114 2 149 161 journal article 39022 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.2.4 df57022d-abd0-4a9c-8ced-276af6387af5 1175-5326 256236 1DF335FF-2A51-4DD0-8821-4E6FFA87B19C Genus Agonischius Candèze, 1863 Agonischius Candèze, 1863 : 407 (original description; type species: Agonischius pectoralis Candèze, 1863 ); Platia, 2008 : 2 (general description). Diagnosis. Distinguished from the other genera of the tribe Elaterini by the following combination of characters: the pronotum being without carina; the prosternal process being short, robust and with developed subapical lobe; the body surface being distinctly smooth; the antennal segments being wide. Distribution. Oriental Region : China , India , Nepal , Myanmar , Taiwan (new record), Vietnam , Laos , Thailand , the Philippines (Luzon, Samar Is., Mindanao), Cambodia , Malaysia (the Malay Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Batu Isl., Mentawei Isl., Java). Australian Region : Indonesia (Seram Is., Papua ), Papua New Guinea ( Papua , New Britain Is.). Although Agonischius subsericeus Kolbe, 1886 was reported from South Korea ( Cate, 2007 ), more detailed information is unknown.