Cryptalaus

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 : 50

Cryptalaus sp.

Material examined. 2 males; without any data ( NHMKU).

Distribution. Status unconfirmed. Both specimens in the NHMUK lacked locality data.

Remarks: Cryptalaus sp. appears close to C. larvatus pini (Lewis) in general habitus but are distinctive in the male genitalia. In Cryptalaus sp. the aedeagus (Fig: 10) has the median lobe strongly spindle shaped, medially broad, apices narrower, and the parameres with the apical margin rounded while in C. l. pini , the median lobe of the aedeagus from base to 1/3 broad, apically with a long tip, and the parameres with the apical margin oblique.