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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FF44FAE30F35FA9A" bold="true" box="[176,267,1375,1397]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
Dejean, 1833
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.
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<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FE51FAE30C27FA9B" box="[421,537,1375,1396]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FE51FAE30FC4FA9B" box="[421,506,1375,1396]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
sp.
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19” (
<tableCitation id="845C0362800CBC03FDBDFAE30E9CFA60" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="2.[176,225,648,667]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Table 1. List of Elateridae recorded from Montana. Key to literature records: 1) Al Dhafer (2009); 2) Arnett (1952); 3) Becker (1956); 4) Becker (1974); 5) Blanchard (1889); 6) Bland (1863); 7) Brown (1935b, 1936b); 8) Douglas (2003); 9) Etzler (2018); 10) Etzler (2020a, b); 11) Etzler and Johnson (2018); 12) Fall (1934); 13) Glen (1950); 14) Hewitt and Burleson (1976); 15) Horn (1871); 16) Horn (1891); 17) Lanchester (1971); 18) Lane (1941); 19) Lane (1965); 20) Lane (1971); 21) LeConte (1861); 22) LeConte (1866); 23) Leng (1920); 24) Lin (1997); 25) Mail (1932); 26) Mank (1934); 27) Morales-Rodriguez et al. (2014); 28) Morrill (1983, 1984); 29) Quate and Thompson (1967); 30) Ramberg (1979); 31) Riley and Keaster (1979); 32) Russell (1968); 33) Seibert (1993); 34) Stibick (1976, 1978); 35) Stibick (1991); 36) Van Dyke (1932); 37) Wells (1991); 38) Wells (1996). Species with “33” only in literature records are state records first noted in that work." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9DA166518016BC19FF44FD340F3DFC69" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" tableUuid="9DA166518016BC19FF44FD340F3DFC69">Table 1</tableCitation>
) refers to a species described in
<bibRefCitation id="AD4F4B28800CBC03FE15FAC60C40FA60" author="Ramberg, F. B." box="[481,638,1402,1424]" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" refId="ref15496" refString="Ramberg, F. B. 1979. A Revision of the Species of the Genus Ampedus (Coleoptera, Elateridae) of America North of Mexico. PhD Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 422 pp." type="book" year="1979">Ramberg (1979)</bibRefCitation>
and uses the number under which he listed the species since Rambergs dissertation description is not yet published (and the name is therefore unavailable). Only one
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specimen of this apparently distinct species exists that was collected in 2010.
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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FF6CF9A60F5CF9C0" box="[152,354,1562,1583]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus occidentalis</emphasis>
Lane
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="51E52A5C800CBC03FE54F9A60FE0F9DF" box="[416,478,1562,1584]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[176,206,1713,1732]" captionTargetBox="[178,1121,200,1686]" captionTargetId="figure-6@8.[167,1156,193,1687]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.1. Selected Montana Elateridae.Agrypninae:a) Aeolus livens. Dendrometrinae:b) Limonius infuscatus, c) Margaiostus glacialis, d) Beckerus barri, e) Nitidolimonius resplendens. Elaterinae: f) Ampedus occidentalis. Images not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13252741" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13252741/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Fig. 1f</figureCitation>
) specimens from
<collectingRegion id="0B1AF83B800CBC03FF6CF9890ED2F9A5" box="[152,236,1589,1610]" country="United States of America" name="Montana" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Montana</collectingRegion>
sometimes exhibit a weak or nearly absent apical spot [including “
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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FE99F9F30FFDF98B" box="[365,451,1615,1636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
nr.
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FDF7F9F30C4DF98B" authorityName="Lane" authorityYear="1971" box="[515,627,1615,1636]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FDF7F9F30C4DF98B" box="[515,627,1615,1636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” and “
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FF3EF9D60F7CF990" box="[202,322,1642,1663]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FF3EF9D60F1FF990" box="[202,289,1642,1663]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
nr.
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FE90F9D60C2BF990" authority="(LeConte)" authorityName="Seibert" authorityYear="1993" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[356,533,1642,1663]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melinus">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FE90F9D60F93F990" box="[356,429,1642,1663]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">melinus</emphasis>
(LeConte)
</taxonomicName>
” in
<bibRefCitation id="AD4F4B28800CBC03FDCFF9D60EE4F976" author="Seibert, C. E." pageId="24" pageNumber="472" refId="ref15816" refString="Seibert, C. E. 1993. A Faunal Survey of the Elateroidea of Montana. MS Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 319 pp." type="book" year="1993">Seibert (1993)</bibRefCitation>
], which can indicate other
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FE23F9380C44F975" box="[471,634,1668,1690]" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FE23F9380C10F976" box="[471,558,1668,1689]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
, such as
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FF04F9230FD0F95B" authority="(Brown)" baseAuthorityName="Brown" box="[240,494,1695,1717]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="evansi">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FF04F9230FB1F95A" box="[240,399,1695,1717]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus evansi</emphasis>
(Brown)
</taxonomicName>
, but all other characters confirm the identity of
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FC2FFF7E0A5FFF38" authorityName="Lane" authorityYear="1971" box="[987,1121,194,215]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FC2FFF7E0A5FFF38" box="[987,1121,194,215]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">A. occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This range of variation in the strength of the apical spot suggests further study is needed.
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FC15FF4B0CCAFEC8" authority="Germar" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1834" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricans">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FC15FF4B0AADFEE2" box="[993,1171,247,269]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus nigricans</emphasis>
Germar
</taxonomicName>
is the correct name for species formerly identified as
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FCCCFE900D06FEB2" authority="(LeConte) sensu Brooks (1960)" authorityName="sensu Brooks" authorityYear="1960" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FCCCFE900DDFFEAE" box="[824,993,300,321]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus subtilis</emphasis>
(LeConte)
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FBAAFE910AACFEAD" box="[1118,1170,301,322]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="AD4F4B28800CBC03FD59FEFB0D06FEB2" author="Brooks, A. R." box="[685,824,327,349]" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" pagination="1 - 63" refId="ref12985" refString="Brooks, A. R. 1960. Adult Elateridae of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Coleoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 92 (supplement 20): 1 - 63." type="journal article" year="1960">Brooks (1960)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C96136D9800CBC03FD31FEDE0A74FD57" blockId="24.[685,1172,194,1717]" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">
The
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specimen of
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FC54FEDE0A3FFE98" authorityName="sensu Brooks" authorityYear="1960" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" box="[928,1025,354,375]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Ampedus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FC54FEDE0A3FFE98" box="[928,1025,354,375]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">A. subtilis</emphasis>
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belongs to the genus
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FD1BFEC00A14FE7E" authority="Eschscholtz, 1829" authorityName="Eschscholtz" authorityYear="1829" box="[751,1066,380,402]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FD1BFEC00D51FE7E" box="[751,879,380,401]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Megapenthes</emphasis>
Eschscholtz, 1829
</taxonomicName>
(
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; personal observation), thus making the
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FB9DFE2B0D13FE28" bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">new combination</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FCC2FE0E0A4DFE28" authority="(LeConte)" authorityName="Etzler &amp; Seibert" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[822,1139,434,455]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FCC2FE0E0A3AFE28" box="[822,1028,434,455]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Megapenthes subtilis</emphasis>
(LeConte)
</taxonomicName>
, as Ramberg never published this observation. The
<typeStatus id="1665887B800CBC03FB9EFE710AADFE0D" box="[1130,1171,461,482]" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">type</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="0EDE4D5A800CBC03FD3CFE540D10FE13" authorityName="Etzler &amp; Seibert" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[712,814,487,509]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FD3CFE540CE2FE12" box="[712,732,488,509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FD1DFE5B0D10FE13" box="[745,814,487,508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">subtilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(#2444) is located at the MCZC and lacks the anteriorly excavate prosternal sutures of
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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FD59FDA00D3BFDDE" box="[685,773,540,561]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Ampedus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
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specimen does not match any known
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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FD01FD8B0D4BFDA3" box="[757,885,567,588]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Megapenthes</emphasis>
species
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in North America but is most similar to
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<emphasis id="FBAAEACB800CBC03FCA0FDEE0A0BFD88" box="[852,1077,594,615]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="472">Megapenthes angularis</emphasis>
LeConte
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; it differs by being nearly uniformly dark brown in color with two poorly defined, lighter brown maculations on the apical third of each elytron.
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