Agonischius Candèze, 1863

Arimoto, Kôichi, 2016, Taxonomic notes on three species of the genus Agonischius (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterinae, Elaterini) with a new species from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4114 (2), pp. 149-161 : 150

Genus Agonischius Candèze, 1863

Agonischius Candèze, 1863: 407 (original description; type species: Agonischius pectoralis Candèze, 1863 ); Platia, 2008: 2 (general description).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from the other genera of the tribe Elaterini by the following combination of characters: the pronotum being without carina; the prosternal process being short, robust and with developed subapical lobe; the body surface being distinctly smooth; the antennal segments being wide.

Distribution. Oriental Region: China, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Taiwan (new record), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines (Luzon, Samar Is., Mindanao), Cambodia, Malaysia (the Malay Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Batu Isl., Mentawei Isl., Java). Australian Region: Indonesia (Seram Is., Papua), Papua New Guinea ( Papua, New Britain Is.).

Although Agonischius subsericeus Kolbe, 1886 was reported from South Korea ( Cate, 2007), more detailed information is unknown.