Genus Lanelater Arnett, 1952
- Lanelater Arnett, R.H. 1952. A review of the Nearctic Adelocerina (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Pyrophorinae, Pyrophorini). Wasmann Journal of Biology 10: 103-126 [105].
Type species:
Agrypnus schotti LeConte, 1853 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [116] (full synonymy)
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ELATERIDAE: Agrypnus resectus Candèze, 1857 [Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [75] (states that the holotype
is from New Guinea; Hayek, C.M.F. von 1979. Additions and corrections to 'A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae)'. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 38(5): 183–261 [247] believes the original published locality, Australia, is erroneous, being based on Mniszech's name australasiae and the fact that resectus occurs throughout the islands of New Guinea and the Moluccas)] — Candèze, E. 1874. Revision de la monographie des Elatérides. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 2 4: i-viii 1-218 [12] (states that this is not an Australian species as it is common in New Guinea and the Moluccas)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Nearctic Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Distribution References
- 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] [240]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 01-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 02-Nov-2017 | Agrypninae | 06-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 30-Aug-2016 | ELATERIDAE | 01-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED |