Dicronychus marginalis (Candèze, 1860), Candeze, 1860

Németh, T. & Platia, G., 2014, On some Palaearctic click beetles deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) *, Zootaxa 3841 (4), pp. 451-490 : 479

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.1
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scientific name	Dicronychus marginalis (Candèze, 1860)
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Dicronychus marginalis (Candèze, 1860) (comb. n.)

(Figs 58, 121)

Material examined. 1 specimen, male (Fig. 58): Afghanistan: “J. Klapperich Mangul, 1250 m Bashgultal, Nuristan, 18.7.52, O - Afghan.” Identified as Cardiophorus (Platynychus) marginalis by Gurjeva in 1972 ( HNMH). Aedeagus Fig 121.

The new generic combination is justified because of Platynychus Motschulsky, 1858 is considered a junior synonym of Dicronychus Brullé, 1832 .

Distribution. Described from Hindoustan. A: PA ( Akhter et al. 2011) (under Platynychus ). New to Afghanistan.