Lanelater judaicus ( Reiche et Saulcy, 1857 )

Németh, Tamás, 2019, Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 127-159 : 131

Lanelater judaicus ( Reiche et Saulcy, 1857)

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Agrypnus judaicus Reiche & Saulcy, 1857: 418 .

Material examined. “B. Naddi h. B. e. w. may/1957” 1 (1, CCUL); “ Lebanon, Horsh Ehden NR, pins, pitfall, 27–8–2011, Jida / Nemer / Kfoury ” (1, HNHM) , “ Lebanon Appl. 1878 I. Beirut ” (7, NHMW) ; “Appl. 1878 I. Bey Mary ” (2, NHMW) .

Published data. Original description. Type locality: “ Beyrouth [ Lebanon]” (Reiche & Sulcy 1857: 418).

Distribution. A: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey ( Cate 2007).

Remarks. One specimen of Lanelater from the collection of USEK (without locality labels) most probably represents a new species similar to L. judaicus . However, it clearly differs from the latter in the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, which are very short, truncate and not divergent (longer and divergent in L. judaicus ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Habitus. 1—Adelocera pygmaeus (Baudi di Selve, 1871); 2—Drilus bicolor Schaufuss, 1867; 3—Drilus rectus Schaufuss, 1867; 4—Lacon drusus (Marseul, 1870); 5—Lacon ganglbaueri (Schwarz, 1894); 6—Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779); 7—Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790); 8—Lanelater judaicus (Reiche & Sulcy, 1857); 9—Cardiophorus convexithorax Desbrochers des Loges, 1869; 10—Cardiophorus kindermanni Candèze, 1860; 11—Cardiophorus maculicollis Reiche et Saulcy, 1857; 12—Cardiophorus syriacus (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bars=1.0 mm (Figs 1–5, 7, 9–12), 5.0 mm (Figs 6, 8).