Pachyelater Lesne, 1897

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 42

Pachyelater Lesne, 1897 Figs 50-53

Pachyelater Lesne, 1897b: 117 Replacement name for Parelater Lesne, 1897a. Transferred here to Cardiophorinae.

Lesnelater Fleutiaux, 1935a: 116. Type species Lesnelater madagascariensis Fleutiaux 1935a, a synonym of Pachyelater madagascariensis Lesne, 1897 ( Douglas 2011)

Parelater Lesne 1897a: 102. Pachyelater madagascariensis Lesne, 1897: 102. Preoccupied by Parelater Candèze, 1882: 70 ( Coleoptera : Elateridae ).

Diagnosis.

Head. Mandibles bidentate; labrum convex in lateral view. Prothorax. Lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, not hidden in dorsal view; procoxal cavities open; prosternum with anterior edge short, exposing labium; pronotum with setae on disc not on tubercles. Mesothorax. Scutellum with anterior edge broadly concave, posterior end not bilobed; mesepisternum with anteromesal corners rounded; anterior edge of elytra rounded or straight in dorsal view. Legs. Protibiae flattened and broadened apparently for digging (Figs 50, 51); tarsi without ventral lobes and tarsal claws with one apex per side. Also, males with aedeagus parameres undivided (Fig. 53). Females with compound eyes reduced (Fig. 50); antennae reaching only halfway to pronotal hind angles; ovipositor reduced, with baculae shorter than coxites; bursa copulatrix without sclerites. Known from: Madagascar, Southern Africa, 6 spp.