Paradonus jerseiensis Stibick 1991: 121

Etzler Usa, Frank E., 2020, Review of the genus Paradonus Stibick, 1971 (Elateridae: Negastriinae), with three new North American species, Zootaxa 4750 (4), pp. 524-544 : 532-533

4. Paradonus jerseiensis Stibick 1991: 121 .

Fig. 9.

Paradonus jerseiensis Stibick, 1991: 121 ; Roble and Hoffman 2012: 52.

Diagnosis: See key above for diagnostic characters.

This species is known only from New Jersey and Virginia, but likely has a wider distribution. Stibick (1991) states that it is closely related to P. beckeri , and I find that it is also quite similar to Paradonus obliquatulus ( Melsheimer, 1845) . I have examined three paratypes and the allotype of this species from MCZC and USNM. The two MCZC paratypes of P. jerseiensis are in the Horn Collection mixed with P. obliquatulus specimens. This species is likely confused under other names in most collections.

FIG. 10. Paradonus pectoralis , dark pronotum form, Montana, Rosebud Co. Collected in Rosebud area, 18 July 1990, by D. L. Gustafson at a black light trap. This form was described by Stibick as P. olivereae . FIG. 11. P. pectoralis . Intermediate-colored pronotum form, same data as Fig. 10. FIG. 12. P. pectoralis Light pronotum form, same data as Fig. 10. FIG. 13. Ampedus areolatus (Say) , which Say compared to P. pectoralis in his original description. Scale bar is 1mm.