Lanelater Arnett, 1952

Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5270 (2), pp. 281-305 : 298

Genus Lanelater Arnett, 1952

Lanelater Arnett, 1952 . Type species: Agrypnus schotti LeConte, 1853 . For more information, including synonyms, see Kundrata et al. (2019a).

Remarks. Recently, Mangi et al. (2020a, 2020b, 2021, 2022) published several studies on Elateridae from Pakistan; however, these contain some serious flaws. Mangi et al. (2020a) reported a new click-beetle species from Pakistan which they classified in the New World genus Dipropus Germar, 1839 of the subfamily Elaterinae . The new species description was obviously based on a female specimen of the agrypnine genus Lanelater (see Fig. 3 in Mangi et al. 2020a). Mangi et al. (2020b) reported the presence of Mexican species Aptopus opata Johnson, 2018 (subfamily Cardiophorinae ; Johnson 2018) in Pakistan. Also that study was obviously based on the species of genus Lanelater (see Fig. 2 in Mangi et al. 2020b). Mangi et al. (2021) reported several mostly West Palaearctic species of genus Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829 from Pakistan, including the description of a new species. The new species description was obviously based on a curculionid beetle [sic!], and at least one other species identified by authors as Agriotes was in fact the species of agrypnine genus Lanelater (see Figs 1 and 2 in Mangi et al. 2021). Most recently, Mangi et al. (2022) described a new species of Conoderus from Pakistan but based on the photographs it is in fact again a member of Lanelater (see more details under L. bipunctatus (Candèze, 1857)) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Adelocera sabatinellii Platia, 2015 (male); B. Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats & Kashyap, 1992 (male); C. Compsolacon triticumunis (Vats & Kashyap, 1992) (female); D. Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889) (female). Scale bars = 2.0 mm (A), 3.0 mm (B, C, D).

FIGURE 2. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Rismethus pakistanicus Platia & Ahmed, 2016 (male); B. Malacodrilus hajeki Kundrata & Bocak, 2019 (male); C. Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed, 2012 (female); D. Aeoloderma brachmana (Candèze, 1859) (male). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A, D), 2.0 mm (B), 6.0 mm (C).

FIGURE 3. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Aeoloides grisescens (Germar, 1844) (female); B. Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859 (male); C. Heteroderes lenis Candèze, 1859 (female); D. Lanelater pakistanicus Platia, 2015 (male). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (B), 3.0 mm (A, C), 6.0 mm (D).