﻿ELATERID 
  BEETLES 
  OF 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  ARNETT 
  601 
  

  

  1842. 
  The 
  genotype 
  of 
  Piezophyllus 
  is 
  P. 
  spencei 
  Hope, 
  designated 
  

   by 
  Hyslop 
  (Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  58, 
  pp. 
  621-680, 
  1921), 
  and 
  

   it 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  automatically 
  the 
  genotype 
  of 
  Coresus. 
  P. 
  spencei 
  is 
  

   not 
  congeneric 
  with 
  T. 
  macrocerus 
  , 
  making 
  this 
  new 
  generic 
  name 
  

   necessary. 
  The 
  characters 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  Schwarz 
  

   (Genera 
  Insectorum, 
  fasc. 
  46, 
  p. 
  61, 
  1906) 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Coresus. 
  

   (Dido 
  is 
  a 
  classical 
  Latin 
  name 
  from 
  Greek 
  and 
  is 
  feminine.) 
  

   Mesembria, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Type: 
  Mesembria 
  subtilis 
  (Candeze) 
  (=Cosmesus 
  suhtilis 
  

   Candeze), 
  Alonographie 
  des 
  Elaterides, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  355, 
  1863. 
  

   (Here 
  designated.) 
  

  

  Note: 
  This 
  genus 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  62 
  species, 
  all 
  found 
  in 
  South 
  

   America 
  and 
  all 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Cosmesus 
  by 
  Schwarz 
  (Genera 
  

   Insectorum, 
  fasc. 
  46, 
  p. 
  265, 
  1907) 
  and 
  Schenkling 
  (Coleopterorum 
  

   Catalogus, 
  pt. 
  88, 
  pp. 
  438, 
  439, 
  1927). 
  The 
  genotype 
  of 
  Cosmesus 
  

   Eschscholtz, 
  1829, 
  is 
  C. 
  bilineatus 
  Eschscholtz, 
  1829, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  con- 
  

   generic 
  with 
  the 
  species 
  included 
  in 
  Mesembria. 
  Cosmesus 
  Eschscholtz 
  

   is 
  the 
  prior 
  name 
  for 
  Parapomachilius 
  Schwarz, 
  1900. 
  (Mesembria 
  

   is 
  a 
  classical 
  Latin 
  name 
  and 
  is 
  feminine.) 
  

  

  Supplement 
  and 
  corrections 
  

  

  Abelater 
  Fleutiaux 
  

  

  1947. 
  Notes 
  d'Ent. 
  Chinoise, 
  vol. 
  11, 
  p. 
  379. 
  

   Type: 
  Melanoxanthus 
  rubiginosus 
  Candeze, 
  Elaterides 
  Nouveaux, 
  

   pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  29, 
  1878. 
  (Present 
  designation.) 
  

   Invalid 
  genus, 
  no 
  genotype 
  cited; 
  here 
  validated, 
  assuming 
  no 
  previous 
  

  

  designation. 
  

   Abiphis 
  Fleutiaux 
  

  

  1926. 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  p. 
  91. 
  

  

  Type: 
  Elater 
  nobilis 
  Illiger, 
  in 
  Wiedemann, 
  Arch. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  

   p. 
  116, 
  1800. 
  (Original 
  designation.) 
  

   Abseus 
  Fleutiaux 
  

  

  1931. 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  Paris, 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  pp. 
  611, 
  

   613. 
  

  

  Type: 
  Anchastus 
  maximus 
  Fleutiaux, 
  ibid., 
  p. 
  613. 
  (Original 
  

   designation.) 
  

   Acanthus 
  Van 
  Dyke 
  (not 
  Block, 
  1795, 
  Borkhausen, 
  1797, 
  Dumont, 
  

   1816, 
  Gistel, 
  1834, 
  or 
  Lockington, 
  1877) 
  

  

  1932. 
  Proc. 
  California 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  387. 
  

   In 
  error 
  for 
  Athous 
  Eschscholtz, 
  1829. 
  

  

  Adelocera 
  Latreille 
  

  

  1829. 
  Crustaces, 
  Arachnides 
  et 
  Partie 
  des 
  Insectes. 
  In 
  Cuvier, 
  

   Le 
  Regne 
  Animal 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  ed. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  451, 
  April 
  1829. 
  

  

  