A new species of Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from China, with notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus Author Prosvirov, Alexander S. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-09-27 4324 2 348 362 journal article 31942 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.7 69e1e398-4dbc-41e1-accd-037dc729ee40 1175-5326 998296 602Bbc40-0B68-4C8B-B4F4-92F0Fa1C3307 Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 Corymbites ( Hypoganus ) Kiesenwetter, 1858 : 299 . Corymbites Candèze 1863 : 88 (in section VI.). Ludius Laporte de Castelnau 1840 : 241 ; Schwarz 1906 : 223 (in 5. section), 225 (in 4. section). Ludius ( Hypoganus ) Buysson 1894 : 114 ; Pic 1903 :129 ; Pic 1905 : 181 . Hypoganus Reitter 1911 : 219 ; Schenkling 1927 : 402 ; Miwa 1934 : 38 ; Laurent 1965 : 282 ; Ôhira 1970 : 22 ; Leseigneur 1972 : 302 ; Dolin 1978 : 52 ; Lohse 1979 : 156 ; Dolin 1982 : 253 ; Kishii 1987 : 103 ; Gurjeva 1989 : 106 ; Tarnawski 1996 : 613 ; Tarnawski 2001 : 289 ; Cate et al . 2007 : 117 ; Schimmel & Tarnawski 2017 : 295 . Type species: Elater cinctus Paykull, 1800 (= Athous inunctus Lacordaire, 1835 ) Generic diagnosis. Length 8.6–14.0 mm; body elongate, flat, shining, sides generally parallel. Pubescence weak to moderate, punctures sparse to moderate. Antennae just reach or extend slightly beyond hind angles of pronotum, serrated from antennomere 4. Frontal carina weak, mandible bidentate. Prosternal suture double-lined. Elytron with 8 striae. Aedeagus typical, trilobate; paramere apex usually triangular and hooked ( Figs. 7A–F ). Ovipositor ( Figs. 9A, C ) rather long and broad; baculum long, well sclerotized; coxite strongly sclerotized, narrowed to apex, with short stylus. Bursa copulatrix ( Figs. 9B, D ) rather elongate, with two groups of sclerotized spines, small spines at sides, and large spines mostly in central part. Distribution. Europe, Western Asia, China ( Fig. 10 ), Japan , North America.