Ampedus praeustus ( Fabricius, 1792 )

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Ampedus praeustus ( Fabricius, 1792)

( Fig. 57 )

Elater praeustus Fabricius, 1792: 229 .

Elater aster B. G. Rye, 1905: 355 .

Elater aurileguloides Buysson, 1886 : xxviii.

Elater exsanguis Eschscholtz, 1830: 17 .

Elater subdepressus Rey, 1887: 78 .

Elater tauricus Reitter, 1889: 111 .

Material examined. “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Ehden, Horsh Ehden Natural Reserve, from hollow Quercus , 34°18’33”N, 35°59’14”E, 1525 m, 21.V.2015, leg. M. Boustani, A. Márkus & T. Németh” (1, HNHM). Same but “from beneath bark of Pinus , 19.VI.2016, leg. A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh ” and “19,VI - 20.VIII.2016, reared from larva from hollow Quercus ” (1, HNHM) ; “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Ehden, Horsh Ehden Natural Reserve, swept & hand-collected, 34°18’33”N, 35°59’14”E, 1525 m, 2.V.2017, leg. M. Boustani, A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh (No. 32)” (1, HNHM) .

Distribution. E: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belarus, Central European territory of Russia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldavia, The Netherlands, North European territory of Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, South European territory of Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine ( Cate et al 2007), Albania ( Pedroni & Platia 2010). N: Morocco. A: East & West Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkey ( Cate 2007). New for Lebanon.

Figures

FIGURES 46–57. Habitus. 46—Cardiophorus tenellus Reiche et Saulcy, 1857; 47—Cardiophorus vestigialis Erichson, 1840; 48—Cardiophorus sp.; 49—Dicronychus merkli (Pic, 1910); 50—Elathous syriacus Schwarz, 1903; 51—Nothodes parvulus (Panzer, 1799); 52—Agriotes nigricans Platia & Gudenzi, 1997; 53—Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891; 54—Agriotes strigosus Kiesenwetter, 1858; 55—Ampedus phoenicium Platia, 2001; 56—Ampedus sp.; 57—Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792). Scale bars=1.0 mm.