RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 79 
Elater quercea Herbst. The description is based on an unrecorded number of 
specimens from Reppen [East Germany] and Hungary. 
Type-material. Herbst’s material is preserved in the NMHU, Berlin (not 
examined). 
Examination of the material in the BMNH and the MNHN, Paris and other 
collections has shown that there is no difference of opinion concerning the identity 
of this species. 
Elater varius Olivier. LECTOTYPE (present designation). FRANCE: sex 
undetermined, Museum Paris, Bosc 1828; varia Fab.; type de Olivier [Fleut.]; 
varia Fab. France (MNHN, Paris). The abdomen is missing. 
The published locality is ‘aux environs de Paris. Du Cabinet de M. Bosc.’ 
Olivier lists Elater querceus Fuesl. (=Herbst, 1784 in Fuesly] Archiv. ins. 5. 
pag. 113, tab. 27, fig. 11 as a synonym of varius. Why Olivier considered it 
necessary to rename Herbst’s species is unknown. 
Many authors, including Herbst (1806: 36) himself and Candéze (1857 : 55), 
used the name varius, crediting it to Fabricius (1792 : 222) with quercea Herbst 
as a synonym. Fabricius (loc. cit.) credits the species to Olivier. Why.so many 
nineteenth century workers did so remains a mystery. Perhaps it was to show 
the great esteem in which they held Fabricius. 
Lacon recticollis Fleutiaux 
Lacon recticollis Fleutiaux, 1927 : 67. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). NortTH VIETNAM: 4, Hoa Binh, Lac Tho, 
A. de Cooman; Lacon recticollis Fleut., type [Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). 
Paralectotypes. 2 9, 1 g, same locality labels as the lectotype but without 
Fleutiaux’s determination labels (MNHN, Paris). 
Lacon robustus (Fleutiaux) 
Adelocera robusta Fleutiaux, 1902b : 213. 
Lacon robustus (Fleutiaux) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 93. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). Himaraya: 9, Himalaya; Adelocera 
robusta Fleut., type [Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). 
Paralectotypes. 29, same locality labels as the lectotype but without Fleutiaux’s 
determination labels (MNHN, Paris). 
The published locality is ‘Himalaya’ without further details. As there are 
no subsequent records of the species the country of origin remains unknown. 
Lacon rorulenta (LeConte) comb. rev. 
Adelocera vorulenta LeConte, 1859b : 283. 
Lacon rorulenta (LeConte) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 93. 
Diphyaulon rorulenta (LeConte) Arnett, 1969 : II. 
