Genus Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829

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• Agrypnus Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Elaterites, Eintheilung derselben in Gattungen. In, Thon. Entomol. Arch.2(1): 31–35. [32].

  Type species:

   Elater murinus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1838. Synopsis of the Genera of British Insects. Coleoptera. pp. 1-44 (sheets B-D4) in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects. London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 xi 587 + 158 pp. [Date published May – Nov. 1838] [May–Nov. 1838 Griffin, F.J. 1932. On the dates of publication and contents of the parts of Westwood (J.O.) Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects, 1838–1840. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 6: 83–84 [83]] [26].
• Myrmodes Candèze, E. 1857. Monographie des Elatérides 1. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 12: 1-400 [168].

  Type species:

   Myrmodes akidiformis Candèze, 1857 by monotypy.
• Pseudolacon Blackburn, T. 1890. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 82-93 [Date published Dec. 31, 1890] [89].

  Type species:

   Pseudolacon rufus Blackburn, 1890 by monotypy.
• Homeolacon Blackburn, T. 1890. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 82-93 [Date published Dec. 31, 1890] [90].

  Type species:

   Homeolacon gracilis Blackburn, 1890 by monotypy.
• Compsolacon Reitter, E. 1905. Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europäischen Coleopteren, 56 Heft. Elateridae, Elaterini, Subtribus Athouina aus der palaearctischen Fauna. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 43(Abhandlungen): 3-122 [6].

  Type species:

   Elater crenicollis Ménétriés, 1832 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hayek, C.M.F. von 1973. A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 20: 1-309 [Date published Oct. 18, 1973] [113]
• Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M. Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bosquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Bouchard, P. 2019. World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83-154 [89-91] (full synonymy)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except South America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• New Zealand
  • North Island

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jan-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
		12-Feb-2010	(import)