I2 C2 MS EX von AY Ek 
curatorial label]; Type coll. 15464, Agrypnus tropicus, Hope, Hope Dept [UM, 
Oxford curatorial label] (UM, Oxford). 
Paralectotype. 2 Palmas [Hope] and UM Oxford curatorial labels as above 
except that this specimen bears the number 15462 (UM, Oxford). 
The published locality is ‘West Africa, circa Palmas.’ [Cape Palmas.] Candéze 
(1857 : 30) states that the species may be a synonym of A. puber Candéze (1857 : 30) 
or a related species but that Hope’s description is so short that it is impossible to 
recognize the species from the description. Examination of the type-material has 
shown that Hope was mistaken in his generic attribution. 
P. tropicus bears a very strong resemblance to P. beninensis (Candéze) but further 
study of both species is necessary before the synonymy can be confirmed. 
SPECIES INCERTAE SEDIS 
The type-material of the following species cannot be found and is assumed to 
be lost or destroyed. The descriptions are too poor to allow even a tentative 
generic attribution to be made. 
Lacon adanensis Jagemann 
Lacon adanensis Jagemann, 1944 : 333. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from Adana 
[TURKEY]. The Jagemann collection is now in the MM, Brno, but neither the 
type-material nor any determined specimens can be found there. It is not in 
Jagemann’s possession (Dr Stehlik in litt.). 
Jagemann compares adanensis with ‘L. cyprii Baudi’. Baudi did not describe 
a species of this name. Jagemann is presumably referring to L. pygmaeus Baudi, 
1871, described from Cyprus (see p. 45). 
Lacon anathesinus Candéze 
Lacon anathesinus Candéze, 1897 : Io. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from CHINA. 
The type-material cannot be found in the BMNH or IRSNB, in Brussels. No 
determined specimens of this species which, according to Candéze, resembles 
Anathesis laconoides Candéze, have been located. 
THE PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION OF THE AGRYPNINAE, 
WITH AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE KNOWN SPECIES 
Subfamily AGRYPNINAE Candéze 
Agrypnides Candéze, 1857 : 17. Type-genus: Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829. 
Agrypnites Jacquelin du Val, 1859 : 125. 
Agrypnini Kiesenwetter, 1863 : 230. 
Agrypnina Thomson, 1864 : 59. 
Agrypnidae Fleutiaux, 1891 : 387. 
Adelocerini Buysson, 1893 : 18. Type-genus: Adeloceva Latreille, 1829. 
Adelocerinae Fleutiaux, 1926 : 92. 
Agrypnitae Fleutiaux, 1941c : 42. 
Adelocerina Blackwelder, 1944 : 280 
Agrypninae Fleutiaux, 1947 : 241. 
