Heteroderes Latreille

Akhter, Muhammad Atique, Drumont, Alain, Rizvi, Syed Anser & Ahmed, Zubair, 2012, Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan, Zootaxa 3223, pp. 40-54 : 49

Key to the species of the genus Heteroderes Latreille of Pakistan

1 Pronotum without any spine............................................................................. 2

- Pronotum with a distinct V shape spine at base of pronotum medially............................ H. spinosus Candèze

2 Pronotum with hind angles truncated...................................................................... 3

- Pronotum with hind angles pointed........................................................................ 4

3 Aedeagus with median lobe longer than parameres (Fig: 9)..................................... H. subtilis Jagemann

- Aedeagus with median lobe shorter than parameres (Fig: 8)........................................ H. lenis Candèze

4 Scutellum rounded, elytra with apices spinose..................................... H. gallagheri Platia et Schimmel Scutellum pentagonal, elytra with apices rounded............................................ H. heydeni (Reitter)