RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 113 
AGRYPNUS Eschscholtz 
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 : 32. Type-species: Elater murvivus Linnaeus, by subsequent 
designation (Westwood, 1838: Synopsis, 26). 
[Lacon sensu Germar, 1840 and subsequent authors, not Castelnau, 1836. Misinterpretation.] 
Mecynocanthus Hope, 1837 : 53. Type-species: Mecynocanthus unicoloy Hope, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Tylotarsus Germar, 1840: 247. Type-species: Tylotarsus cinctipes Germar, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Tilotarsus Candéze, 1857 : 170. [Unjustified emendation. | 
Myrmodes Candéze, 1857 : 168. Type-species: Myrmodes akidifoymis Candéze, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Ayrchontas Goezis, 1886 : 23. Type-species: Elater murinus Linnaeus, by monotypy. 
Pseudolacon Blackburn, 1890 : 89. Type-species: Pseudolacon rufus Blackburn, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Homeolacon Blackburn, 1890 : 90. Type-species: Homeolacon gracilis Blackburn, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Lobotarsus Schwarz, 1898a : 131. Type-species: Lobotarsus decovatus Schwarz, by subsequent 
designation (Hyslop, 1921 : 263). Syn. n. 
Lobitarsus Fleutiaux, 1935¢c : 93. [As asubgenus of Tylotarvsus.| [Unjustified emendation. ] 
Enoploderes Schwarz, 1898a : 131. Type-species: Elater (Conoderus) cuspidatus Klug, by 
monotypy. [Junior homonym of Enoploderes Faldermann, 1837.] 
Centrostethus Schwarz, 1898a : 414. [Replacement name for Enoploderes Schwarz.] Syn. n. 
Compsolacon Reitter, 1905: 6. Type-species: Elater crenicollis Ménétriés, by monotypy. 
{[Synonymized with Lacon auct. by Fleutiaux, 1918d : 198.] 
Paralacon Reitter, 1905: 6. Type-species: Lacon cinnamomeus Candéze, by monotypy. 
[Reduced to subgenus of Agrypnus Eschscholtz, Ohira, 1968) : 364.) Syn. n. 
Neolacon Miwa, 1929 : 235. Type-species: Neolacon formosanus Miwa, bymonotypy. [Reduced 
to subgenus of Compsolacon Reitter, Miwa, 1934: 14.) Syn. n. 
Colaulon Arnett, 1952 : 116. Type-species: Elater rectangularis Say, 1925, by original designa- 
tion. Syn. n. 
Cryptolacon Nakane & Kishii, 1955: 1. Type-species: Cryptolacon myamoti Nakane & Kishii, 
1955, by original designation. [Reduced to subgenus of Colaulon by Kishii, 1961 : 25.] 
Syn. n. 
Sabikikorius Nakane & Kishii, 1955 : 3. [as subgenus of Agrypnus Eschscholtz]. Type-species: 
Lacon fuliginosus Candéze, 1865 : 10, by original designation. [Raised to generic status, 
Kishii, 1964 : 15.) Syn.n. 
Sagojyo Kishii, 1964 : 30 [as a subgenus of Colaulon Arnett]. Type-species: Colaulon (Sagojyo) 
yuppe Kishii, by original designation. [Raised to generic status, Ohira, 1967) : 103.] 
Syn. n. 
Sagojo Ohira, 1968b : 364. [Unjustified emendation. } 
Archontoides Cobos, 1966 : 651. Type-species: Archontoides pretoriensis Cobos by monoytpy. 
Syn. n. 
Pyrganus Golbach, 1968: 198. Type-species: Lacon tuspanensis Candéze by original designa- 
' tion. Syn. n. 
GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. Each tarsal claw with a group of setae near the base (Text-fig. 11). 
Tibial spurs absent (Text-fig. 10). Mesepisternum and mesepimeron do not form part of the 
| margin of the mesocoxal cavity (Text-fig. 2). Second and third antennal segments small, 
subequal, each smaller than the fourth and following segments (Text-fig. 13) Antennal groove 
not extending beyond the anterior two-thirds of the prosternopleural suture; depth of groove 
variable. Vestiture scale-like. at least in part. Prothorax not constricted behind the anterior 
angles: lateral margin of prothorax carinate. Propleural grooves or depressions for the 
reception of the tarsi, if present, do not run parallel with the antennal grooves (Text-fig. 7). 
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