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
Cryptalaus
sp.
Material examined.
2 males
; without any data (
NHMKU
).
Distribution.
Status unconfirmed. Both specimens in the NHMUK lacked locality data.
Remarks:
Cryptalaus
sp. appears close to
C
.
larvatus pini
(Lewis)
in general habitus but are distinctive in the male genitalia. In
Cryptalaus
sp. the aedeagus (Fig: 10) has the median lobe strongly spindle shaped, medially broad, apices narrower, and the parameres with the apical margin rounded while in
C. l. pini
, the median lobe of the aedeagus from base to 1/3 broad, apically with a long tip, and the parameres with the apical margin oblique.