Melanotus riesei Platia & Schimmel, 2001

Platia, Giuseppe, 2015, New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011 - 2012 (Coleoptera)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 13, pp. 3-52 : 23

Melanotus riesei Platia & Schimmel, 2001

( Figs. 36, 36a , 165 )

Material examined. 1 spcm. (♂) - Pakistan: KP, Hazara distr. , Kaghan Valley, Naran, 21.VII.2012, G. Sabatinelli leg., at light ( CPG) .

Aedeagus as in Figs. 36, 36a (length 1.43 mm).

Distribution. Pakistan ( Cate, 2007).

Figures

Figs. 33-38.- Male genitalia in dorsal view. 33, 33a.- Melanotus opicus Candèze, 1900. 34, 34a.- Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002. 35, 35a.- Melanotus punctosus (Walker, 1854). 36, 36a.- Melanotus riesei Platia & Schimmel, 2001. 37, 37a.- Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy, 1785). 38, 38a.- Priopus vafer (Erichson, 1841).

Figs. 164-172.- Habitus. 164.- Melanotus opicus Candèze, 1900 (14 mm). 165.- Melanotus riesei Platia & Schimmel, 2001 (12.5 mm). 166.- Melanotus punctosus (Walker, 1854) (14 mm). 167.- Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002 (11 mm). 168.- Priopus vafer (Erichson, 1841) (12.7 mm). 169.- Dicronychus zianii n. sp. (7.8 mm). 170.- Dicronychus eximius (Candèze, 1860) (6.1 mm). 171.- Dicronychus unicus (Vats & Chauhan, 1991) (8.0 mm). 172.- Craspedostethus ronkayi n. sp. (5.5 mm).