Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats &Kashyap, 1992

Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5270 (2), pp. 281-305 : 284

Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats &Kashyap, 1992

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Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats & Kashyap, 1992b: 102 .

Agrypnus argentosquamosus: Platia, 2015a: 10 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage].

Distribution. India, Pakistan ( Cate 2007, Platia 2015a).

Literature. Platia (2015a: 10): first record from Pakistan, figures of habitus, posterior angle of pronotum, antenna, and male and female genitalia [as A. argentosquamosus ; sic!]; Platia (2018a: 171): comparison with another species [as A. argentosquamosus ; sic!]; Mangi et al. (2020a: 2091): remark [as A. argentosquamosus ; sic!].

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Adelocera sabatinellii Platia, 2015 (male); B. Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats & Kashyap, 1992 (male); C. Compsolacon triticumunis (Vats & Kashyap, 1992) (female); D. Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889) (female). Scale bars = 2.0 mm (A), 3.0 mm (B, C, D).