taxonID	type	description	language	source
550687F6FFA0FF8EEED84821FEB28AC4.taxon	description	(Fig. 1, 22, 54) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 17 A 9391 D- 7098 - 450 B-A 993 - 477 F 7 C 65 E 0 FE	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA0FF8EEED84821FEB28AC4.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Nepal, Palpa Distr., Tansen, 5 - 14. VII. 2012, Li Jingke (CPG). Diagnosi s. – Species near G. porrectus (Fleutiaux, 1918) for the strong punctuation of pronotum but with longer antennae and with a mid-longitudinal, fine carina on clypeus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA0FF8EEED84821FEB28AC4.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely blackish with vague reddish shades at the base of pronotum and around the scutellum, antennae and legs ferruginous; covered with dense, recumbent, semierect at the sides of body, erect on the antennal articles, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Eyes wide as the anterior margin of pronotum. – Frons flat from the vertex to the apex of the eyes with very thickened anterior margin sub-horizontally protruding above the clypeus. – Frontal-clypeus space not constricted and with a mid-longitudinal, fine, carina. – Punctuation very strong with punctures umbilicate and contiguous. – Antennae extending by two articles the apices of posterior angles of pronotum serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, just shorter than the third sub-conical; second and third taken together clearly shorter than the fourth (1.28 x shorter); fourth-tenth triangular with the fourth longer than the following, last a little longer, sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 22). Pronotum. – 1.19 x wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, rather flat on the central part of the disk, sides from the middle suddenly narrowing to the apex, distinctly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, acute, divergent, with a short but prominent carina directed inside. – Lateral margins complete and in the first half well apparent in a dorsal view. – Punctuation strong and uniformly distributed on all the surface; punctures umbilicate, on the central disk with shortest intervals, sub-ovate giving to the surface a sub-striate appearance, towards the sides round, umbilicate and contiguous at the extremities. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, sub-rectangular, ridged at the base, slightly convex, densely and strongly punctured. Elytra. – 3.1 x longer than pronotum and 2.55 x longer than wide, convex. – Sides sub-parallel from the base to the middle then gradually tapering to the apices. Prosternal process. – Immediately bent behind the procoxal cavities, cuneiform, not emarginate at apex. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 1 (length 1.875 mm). Size. – Length 15.5 mm; width 4.0 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA0FF8EEED84821FEB28AC4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Nepal where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8EEC2C4E81FF7D8C71.taxon	description	(Fig. 2, 23, 55, 56) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 9655926 F- 5 E 2 C- 4 DAB- 9 DE 6 - 664 B 108 F 1 B 8 A	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8EEC2C4E81FF7D8C71.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Vietnam, Ky Son, Nghe An Province, 1 - 10. VII. 2010, Li Jingke (CPG). Paratypes, 11 ex. (8 ♂, 3 ♀) (IRSNB, CCW, CPG, CPR) - 2 ♂, same data as Holotype; - Thailand (2 ♂, 3 ♀): W Thailand, Nam Tok, 14 - 18. V. 2004, Sv. Bílý; Loei, Na Haeo, 17. V. 2003, J. Constant & K. Smets, light trap. - Cambodia (4 ♂), Pursat Prov., Phnom Samkos W. S., 15. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var, light trap.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8FEED94FF6FD18880A.taxon	description	(Fig. 3, 24, 57) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 41 F 282 BA- 0 EFD- 47 AE- 850 A-C 7213 F 12 CDF 4	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8FEED94FF6FD18880A.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., 7 km S of Doi Chiang (19 ° 48 ’ 55 ” N / 99 ° 34 ’ 45 ” E), 1600 m, 16 - 18. V. 2009, L. Dembický (CCW). Diagnosi s. – A species near G. werneri Schimmel, 1999 for the spaced punctuation on pronotum, it can be separated for the longer antennae and the bicoloured body without a big contrast.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8FEED94FF6FD18880A.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Very shiny. Coloration. – Bicoloured without a great contrast; entirely blackpiceous including antennae, with nearly all the surface of pronotum and prosternum dark red; legs dark-brown; covered with short, moderately dense, blackish pubescence. Head. – With the eyes wide as the anterior margin of pronotum; frons deeply impressed from the middle to the anterior margin, the latter sub-arcuate, strongly thickened, sub-horizontally protruding above the clypeus; frontal-clypeus space not constricted and with a mid-longitudinal, fine, carina; punctuation very strong with punctures umbilicate with shortest, shiny intervals. – Antennae exceeding by nearly two articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, long as wide, third sub-conical, just longer than the second; second and third, taken together much more shorter than the fourth (1.4 x shorter); fourth and following triangular with the fourth a little longer; fifth-tenth sub-equal in length, gradually slenderer; last longer than the previous, ellipsoidal asymmetrically constricted before the apex (Fig. 24). Pronotum. – 1.19 wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, with a very short and shallow mid-longitudinal impression on the basal slope; sides from the middle suddenly narrowing to the apex, distinctly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, acute, at the extremities not divergent, with a short but prominent carina directed inside; lateral margins complete and in the first half well apparent in a dorsal view; punctuation moderate; punctures deep, simple or slightly umbilicate, on the disk with variable, very shiny intervals, on average equal to smaller than their intervals, extremely fine at base. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, sub-rectangular, ridged at the base, rounded at apex, flat, densely punctured. Elytra. – 3.3 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex; sides regularly tapering from the base to the apices, the latter obliquely truncate with a vestige of spine; striae very superficial and punctured, gradually obsolescent and few apparent after the middle; interstriae extremely flat with very fine punctures. Prosternal process. – Immediately bent behind the procoxal cavities, cuneiform, not emarginate at apex. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 3 (length 1.62 mm). Size. – Length 15.0 mm; width 3.6 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA7FF8FEED94FF6FD18880A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The species is dedicated to the Memory of our colleague Rainer Schimmel that established the genus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEED44E3CFB958102.taxon	description	(Fig. 5, 26, 59) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 9 F 904319 - 00 ED- 425 E- 9402 - 770 A 7500 FEB 0	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEED44E3CFB958102.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, East Borneo, Pajau River, E. Mjöberg (NHRS). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, allied to P. rugipennis (Candèze, 1889) from Sumatra, it can be separated for the longer antennae and slenderer aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEED44E3CFB958102.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Very moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head, pronotum, scutellum dark-brown with vague blackish shades; elytra just a little lighter too with vague blackish shades; prosternum blackish, propleura, thorax and abdomen dark ferruginous; antennae dark brown with the apices of the last article yellowish; legs yellowish; covered with dense, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex from the vertex to near the anterior marginwhere is slightly impressed, anterior margin, shiny, regularly curved, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest intervals. – Antennae exceeding by about one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the fourth article on; second and third articles sub-cylindrical and subequal in length, taken together, clearly shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular with the fourth a little longer than the following, longitudinally carinate, last longer than the previous, sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 26). Pronotum. – Long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, witha widebut shallowmid-longitudinal depression onthebasal slope; sides from behind the middle gradually and regularly tapering to the apices, very slightly sinuate to the posterior angles, the latter long, very acuminate, slightly divergent, bicarinate; carinae at the same level, the inner shorter, directed forwards and parallel to the outer, the latter a little longer, gradually diverging from the lateral margins, this complete and visible in a dorsal view only in the first thirds of its length; punctuation coarse and very dense, punctures strongly umbilicate on all the surface, contiguous or with shortest intervals. Scutellum. – Tongue-shaped, ridged at base, convex and punctured. Elytra. – 2.8 x longer than pronotum and 2.8 x longer than wide, convex; rather flattened on the disk; sides very gradually but regularly tapering from the base to the apices, these entire but crenulate; striae regularly marked and punctured; interstriae flat with rough surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 5 (length 0.9 mm). Size. – Length 7.5 mm; width 1.81 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEED44E3CFB958102.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Borneo, where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEC3949CEFB488BAA.taxon	description	(Fig. 4, 25, 58) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / EF 2 A 7 CEE- 0 C 69 - 472 A- 9363 - D 4 EBBDD 8 EC 1 A	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEC3949CEFB488BAA.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, W Java, Toegoé, 1902, ex. coll. Oberthür (IRSNB). Paratypes, 3 ex. (2 ♂, 1 ♀), same data as holotype (IRSNB, CPG). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. babai - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, near P. weissi Schimmel, 2003 from Sumatra, for the general shape and colour, it can be separated for the longer antennae and the shiny surface of pronotum.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEC3949CEFB488BAA.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Shiny. Coloration. – Entirely dark-ferruginous with vague dark shades around the base of pronotum and scutellum; covered with fine, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex on the vertex, flat on the middle, slightly impressed before the anterior margin, the latter arcuate, sub-horizontally projected above the clypeus, this with a mid-longitudinal carina; punctures coarse, simple or vaguelyumbilicate withshortest, shinyintervals. – Antennae long, exceeding by fourarticlesthe apices of theposterioranglesof pronotum, slightlyserratedfrom the fourtharticle on, longitudinally carinate from the thirdto theseventh, onlya vestige of dark mid-longitudinal line from the eight to the last articles; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, twice longer than the second, taken together a little shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth sub-triangular, more than three times longer than wide, last sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 25). Pronotum. – 1.2 x longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex with a mid-longitudinal, narrow and shallow depression from the middle to the basal slope; sides nearly regularly tapering from the base to the apices, posterior angles long, acuminate, not divergent unicarinate; carina raised and directed inside, lateral margins complete and visible in a dorsal view in the first half; punctuation uniformly distributed, on the disk punctures deep, simple, with short, shiny intervals, a little denser towards the sides. Scutellum. – Tongue-shaped, ridged at base, convex, finely punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer thanpronotum and 3. x longer thanwide, moderately convex; sides from the base moderately and regularly tapering to the apices, the latter obliquely and slightly concave with a vestige of outer spine; striae well marked and punctured, interstriae flat and densely punctured. Prosternal process. – Running sub-horizontal behind the procoxal cavities, cuneiform, not emarginate at apex. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 4 (length 1.0 mm). Female. – Very similar to the male, only with shorter antennae nearly reaching the apices of the posterior angles. Size. – Length 9.2 - 9.3 mm; width 1.87 - 1.93 mm.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA6FF8FEC3949CEFB488BAA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Toegoé, the locality of Java where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8CEC3349B9FC2B8F82.taxon	description	(Fig. 6, 27, 60) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / C 0 EC 165 D- 24 B 9 - 429 A-BB 7 B- 78 C 996985724	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8CEC3349B9FC2B8F82.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Danum Valley, 70 km W of Lahad Datu, Main trail East, 150 m, 4. XII. 1989, M. J. & J. P. Duffets (CPG). Diagnosi s. – Species of the P. babai - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, allied to P. triangulum Schimmel, 1999 from Mindanao (Philippines) as it is the second species among the Procraerus genus with the third antennal article triangular, it can be separated for the darker colour with unicoloured elytra and the narrower body.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8CEC3349B9FC2B8F82.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Shiny. Coloration. – Entirely brownish with the extremities of the anterior angles and the base of pronotum lighter, yellowish; antennae and legs ferruginous; covered with dense, recumbent, semierect at sides, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex with suprantennal carinae directed anteriad and downwards v-shaped and merging vertically with the clypeus; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures deep, simple with shortest, shiny intervals. – Antennae nearly reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the third article on; second article small, cylindrical, long as wide, third-tenth sub- triangular 1.5 x longer than wide just shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular, slightly concave at the apices, subequal in length, more serrated, last just longer, sub-ellipsoidal, asymmetrically and slightly constricted before the apex. (Fig. 27). Pronotum. – Long aswide, at the middle and the apices of posterior angles, convex with a short, impressed, mid-longitudinal line from the middle to the beginningof thebasalslope sides from the middleverygraduallytaperingtothe anterior margin, backwardsparalleltothe apicesof the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, not divergent with a well apparent but not raised carina slightly divergingfrom thelateral margins, the latter completeand wellvisible inthe first half in a dorsal view; punctuationuniformlydistributed, punctures deep, simple, always with shortest, shiny intervals. Scutellum. – Tongue-shaped, ridged at base, convex, punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex; sides sub-parallel from the base to the middle then very gradually tapering to the apices, these rounded; striae well marked and punctured on all the surface, interstriae flat, punctured with a rough surface. Prosternal process slender, bent immediately behind the procoxal cavities, running horizontally after the middle, pointed and not emarginate at apex. Tarsal segments. – Decreasing regularly in length, claw simple. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 6 (length 1.15 mm). Size. – Length 10.5 mm; width 2.65 mm. Female. – Unknown. Ecological notes. – Canopy rainforest, at light.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8CEC3349B9FC2B8F82.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The species is dedicated to the collectors M. J. & J. P. Duffets.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8DEEC14BCEFB1F8CA2.taxon	description	(Fig. 7, 28, 50, 61, 62) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 9 F 03 E 95 C- 154 F- 4 D 88 - 8 E 36 - DCC 7 CB 13 DA 58	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8DEEC14BCEFB1F8CA2.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, East Borneo, Pajau River, E. Mjöberg (NHRS). Paratype, 1 ♀, same data as Holotype (NHRS). Diagnosi s. – The species belonging to the P. asper - group sensu Schimel, 1999 can be compared to P. stolarczyki Schimmel, 2004 from Sabah for the general shape and size, it can be separated by the longer antennae and the angulated sides of pronotum.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8DEEC14BCEFB1F8CA2.taxon	description	11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1. Girardelater nepalensis n. sp. 2. Girardelater riesei n. sp. 3. Girardelater schimmeli n. sp. 4. Procraerus toegoensis n. sp. 5. Procraerus borneoensis n. sp. 6. Procraerus duffetsorum n. sp. 7. Procraerus angulatus n. sp. 8. Procraerus giardinii n. sp. 9. Procraerus acuminiformis n. sp. 10. Procraerus subinfumatus n. sp. 11. Procraerus javanus n. sp. 12. Procraerus smetsi n. sp. 13. Procraerus grootaerti n. sp. 14. Procraerus mindanaoensis n. sp. 15. Xanthopenthes manettii n. sp. 16. Xanthopenthes tamilensis n. sp. 17. Xanthopenthes viklundi n. sp. 18. Xanthopenthes cambodianus n. sp. 19. Xanthopenthes constanti n. sp. 20. Xanthopenthes nigerrimus n. sp. 21. Xanthopenthes lemoulti n. sp. Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head and pronotum brown with vague blackish shadings, elytra blackish with base and fourth-sixth interstriae yellowish for all its length; antennae blackish with the first three articles yellowish, legs lighter, yellow; covered with moderate, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons moderately convex, flat before the anterior margin, the latter shiny, sub-arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; punctures umbilicate and contiguous. – Antennae exceedingby one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, subequal in length, taken together just shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth sub-triangular, the third longer than the following, last sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 28). Pronotum. – 1.15 x wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, with a short and moderate mid-longitudinal impression at the basal slope; sides dilated behind the middle and suddenly tapering to the apices, sub-parallel before the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, not divergent, unicarinate; carina short and diverging from the lateral margins, the latter and in the first third well visible in a dorsal view; punctuation coarse and uniformly distributed; punctures umbilicate with shortest intervals to contiguous on all the surface (Fig. 50). Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, flat, rounded at the apex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.35 x longer than wide, convex; sides widest at the middle, apices entire, striae well punctured, interstriae flat with wrinkled surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 7 (length 1.0 mm). Size. – Length 6.3 mm, width 1.87 mm. Female. – Body larger and more convex, antennae shorter. – Length 8.1 mm, width 2.5 mm.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA5FF8DEEC14BCEFB1F8CA2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is referred to the shape of pronotum, in the male dilated after the middle.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA4FF82EECA4B2EFD428A3C.taxon	description	(Fig. 8, 53, 63) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / B 7213 AA 0 - 3 CC 1 - 467 B- 9555 - 4 C 142 BDBD 91 B	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA4FF82EECA4B2EFD428A3C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Malaysia, Sarawak, Batu Tiban (Tibang Mount), 1400 m, E. Mjöberg (NHRS). Diagnosi s. – Species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel 1999, that can be compared with P. pauper (Candèze, 1878) it is easily separated for the shapeof pronotumwithmid-longitudinaldepression, longeranddivergent posterior angles, elytra notably tapering from base to the apices.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA4FF82EECA4B2EFD428A3C.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head and pronotum brown, elytra yellowish particularly around the base and the middle part of the disk, vaguely blackish after the middle towards the apices; covered with dense, recumbent, yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons moderately convex, anterior margin simple, shiny, moderately arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; punctuation coarse with punctures strongly umbilicate, with shortest intervals or contiguous. – Antennae mutilated. Pronotum. – 1.17 x wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex with a mid-longitudinal, narrow depression, from the anterior third shallow to the basal slope where is deeper; sides from the middle suddenly tapering to the apices, distinctly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter, long, acuminate, strongly divergent, unicarinate; carina well distinct, short, slightly divergent from the lateral margins, the latter complete and distinctly visible in the first half in a dorsal view; punctuation very dense and uniformly distributed; punctures umbilicate, with shortest, shiny, intervals or contiguous on all the surface. (Fig. 53). Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, slightly convex, strongly punctured. Elytra. – 3.1 xlongerthanpronotum and 2.7 xlongerthan wide, justnarrower than the pronotum at base, sides notably and regularly tapering from the base to the apices, the latter rounded and with a trace of mucron; striae regularly marked and punctured, interstriae flat to sub-convex with finer punctuation. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 8 (length 1.75 mm). Size. – Length 11.0 mm, width 2.9 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA4FF82EECA4B2EFD428A3C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – This taxon is dedicated to the paleobotanist Marco Giardini for his central contribution in the botanical education of the second author, who is a dear friend of him.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EC334E89FD5E8171.taxon	description	(Fig. 47, 51, 64) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / CF 269 A 33 - 33 A 3 - 4 B 5 D-B 040 - 31184 D 45417 D	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EC334E89FD5E8171.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♀, Malaysia, Sarawak, Batu Tiban (Tibang Mount), 1700 m, E. Mjöberg (NHRS). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, that can be compared with the P. epitrotus (Candèze, 1865), it can be separated for the strongly umbilicate punctuation of pronotum and the reddish abdominal sternites. (Fig. 47).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EC334E89FD5E8171.taxon	description	Description. – Female. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head, pronotum, scutellum, first two elytral and from the sixth to the sides striae, epipleura, prosternum and thorax, blackpiceous; abdomen all reddish; legs yellowish with darkened tarsi; covered with moderate, yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons convex, anterior margin simple, shiny, arcuate, in the middle just protruding above the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, with shortest intervals or contiguous. – Antennae mutilated. Pronotum. – Long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, very convex, abruptly sloping at sides and base, witha short, mid-longitudinal depression on the basal slope; sides sub-parallel, in the anterior third notably tapering, slightly sinuate immediately before the posterior angles, the latter, short, acuminate, just divergent, unicarinate; carina short and slightly diverging by the lateral margins, the latter complete and visible in the first half in a dorsal view; punctuation very dense and uniformly distributed, strongly umbilicate contiguous or with shortest intervals on all the surface (Fig. 51). Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, slightly sinuate at sides, rounded at apex, flat, roughly punctured. Elytra. – 2.97 x longer than pronotum 2.58 x longer than wide, a little widest than pronotum at base, convex; sides widest at the middle, apices rounded with a very short spine; striae deeply and regularly punctured, interstriae sub-convex, very finely punctured. Size. – Length 8.75 mm; width 2.37 mm. Male. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EC334E89FD5E8171.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived because of the abdominal sternites with colour different by the remaining integuments.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EEEB4DE9FBE48F51.taxon	description	(Fig. 9, 29, 52, 65) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 2 ECF 6 A 98 - A 036 - 45 D 6 - A 6 AF-FEB 186172 E 76	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EEEB4DE9FBE48F51.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, Sumatra, Dolok, 2000 m, E. Mjöberg (NHRS). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. babai - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, well distinct from all other for the shape of the posterior angles of pronotum long and very acuminate.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EEEB4DE9FBE48F51.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Very shiny. Coloration. – Entirely yellowish only with the antennae a little darker; covered with dense, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons flat on the vertex, flat from the middle to the anterior margin, the latter simple, shiny, arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; punctuation dense, punctures deep, simple, with short, variable, very shiny intervals. – Antennae exceeding by more than three articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, very slightly serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, subequal in length, taken together very shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth conical, very elongate, last sub-ellipsoidal, pointed to the apex (Fig. 29). Pronotum. – Long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex on the anterior half and abruptly sloping at sides, less convex in the posterior half, gradually sloping at sides and base, sides parallel from the middle to the anterior margin, slightly dilated in the basal half, sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, extremely acuminate, strongly divergent and carinate; carina very fine, not raised, in the first half nearly confused with the lateral margins then gradually diverging; from the beginning of the carina we can see a vestige of a second carina directed inside; lateral margins complete and visible for about the two thirds of its length in a dorsal view; punctuation moderate; punctures deep, simple or very slightly umbilicate, spaced with intervals equal to larger than their diameters on all the surface. (Fig. 53). Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at bas, pointed at apex, convex, punctured. Elytra. – 3.1 x longer than pronotum and 3.0 longer than wide, convex; sides widest at the middle; apices entire; striae finely and densely punctured, interstriae flat with sub-rugose surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 9 (length 1.0 mm). Size. – Length 8.6 mm, width 1.93 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF82EEEB4DE9FBE48F51.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from the very acute posterior angles of pronotum.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF80EEEF4B1CFD638B4C.taxon	description	(Fig. 10, 30, 66, 67) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / A 501 C 2 A 6 - CAB 7 - 48 AC-BAD 6 - BC 9 E 59 C 50929	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF80EEEF4B1CFD638B4C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, W Sumatra, Singalang, III. 1991 (CPG); Paratypes, 8 ♀ (CPG, CPR). - 1 ♀, same data as Holotype, 1000 m, IV. 1991; - 4 ♀, W Sumatra, Mt. Talang, II-IV. 1991; - 2 ♀, W Sumatra, Harau Valley, II. 1991; - 1 ♀, W Sumatra, Mt Merapi, 1000 m, IV. 1991. Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. dorsalis - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, allied to P. infumatus (Candèze, 1880) for the general shape and size, it can be separated by the shorter antennae, more convex and densely punctured pronotum, less elongate elytra.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFABFF80EEEF4B1CFD638B4C.taxon	description	33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Fig. 22 - 43. Antennae. 22. Girardelater nepalensis n. sp. 23. Girardelater riesei n. sp. 24. Girardelater schimmeli n. sp. 25. Procraerus toegoensis n. sp. 26. Procraerus borneoensis n. sp. 27. Procraerus duffetsorum n. sp. 28. Procraerus angulatus n. sp. 29. Procraerus acuminiformis n. sp. 30. Procraerus subinfumatus n. sp. 31. Procraerus javanus n. sp. 32. Procraerus indicus n. sp. 33. Procraerus smetsi n. sp. 34. Procraerus grootaerti n. sp. 35. Procraerus mindanaoensis n. sp. 36. Procraerus sikkimensis n. sp. 37. Xanthopenthes manettii n. sp. 38. Xanthopenthes tamilensis n. sp. 39. Xanthopenthes viklundi n. sp. 40. Xanthopenthes cambodianus n. sp. 41. Xanthopenthes constanti n. sp. 42. Xanthopenthes nigerrimus n. sp. 43. Xanthopenthes lemoulti n. sp. Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head, the great part of pronotum, antenna from the fourth article, first and lateral intervals from the sixth of elytra and underbody dark-brown; posterior angles of pronotum and base of propleura, remaining parts of elytra and legs, yellowish, covered with dense, yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons convex, flat and slightly impressed before the anterior margin, the latter regularly arcuate and just protruding above the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest intervals. – Antennae exceeding by one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, a little longer than the second, taken together, as long as the fourth; fourth-tenth sub-triangular, slender, on average 2.3 x longer than wide, longitudinally carinate; last longer, sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 30). Pronotum. – 1.05 x wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex; sides regularly tapering from the posterior angles to near the apices; posterior angles long, acuminate, not divergent, unicarinate; carina very near and parallel for nearly all its length to the lateral margins, the latter just visible in the first thirds of its length in a dorsal view; punctuation very coarse and uniformly distributed except before the posterior angles, punctures umbilicate and contiguous on all the surface. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, tongue-shaped, longitudinally convex, pointed at apex, punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex, rather flattened on the disk, sides widest at the middle then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter very slightly and obliquely truncate; striae well marked and regularly punctured; interstriae, flat to sub-convex, with rough surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 10 (length 0.62 mm). Size. – Length 5.1 mm, width 1.31 mm. Female. – Very similar to male with a moderate variability in the colours of the integuments, the pronotum can be entirely reddish, the body is more convex, the antennae are shorter not reaching the apices of the posterior angles. – Length 5.3 - 5.6 mm; width 1.45 - 1.47 mm.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80E9334DE9FBCE8F52.taxon	description	ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 12 F 0 BB 38 - 1 A 66 - 41 F 3 - 8242 - 5850 F 064 B 84 B	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80E9334DE9FBCE8F52.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♀, India, Tamil Nadu, Ainamalai Hills, Kalamparai, 4200 Fts, V. 1980 (CPG). Diagnosi s. – We can compare this species of the P. babai - group sensu Schimmel, 1999 with P. coomani (Fleutiaux, 1940) from Vietnam and Thailand but it is immediately separated for the longer pronotum with opaque surface.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80E9334DE9FBCE8F52.taxon	description	Description. – Female. Moderately shiny only on the head and elytra; Coloration. – Head and nearly all the pronotum dark brown; base of pronotum, elytra, underbody, antennae and legs yellowish; covered with dense, recumbent yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex, anterior margin simple, arcuate, in the middle touching the clypeus, frons-clypeal furrow constricted in the middle; punctures umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest, shiny intervals. – Antennae not reaching for about one article the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, the second just shorter than the third, taken together, as long as the fourth; fourth-tenth sub-triangular, slender, on average 2.5 x longer than wide, last as long as the previous, sub-ellipsoidal (Fig. 32). Pronotum. – 1.12 x longer than wide, widest at the middle and at the apices of posterior angles, very convex, abruptly sloping at sides and base; sides from the middle very gradually tapering to the apices, sub-parallel to the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, not divergent, unicarinate; carina sharp, clearly diverging from the lateral margins and directed inwards; lateral margins complete and in the first third visible in a dorsal view; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures round, slightly umbilicate with intervals on average equal to their diameters and strongly shagreened so that the surface appears opaque. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, tongue shaped, slightly convex with shagreened surface. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.9 x longer than wide, convex; sides sub-parallel from the base to the middle then gradually tapering to the apices, the latter very slightly and obliquely directed to the suture with a vestige of spine. Last visible abdominal sternite. – Very slightly emarginate at apex. (Fig. 44). Size. – Length 9.0 mm, width 2.06 mm. Male. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80E9334DE9FBCE8F52.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from India, the state where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80EC254F54FEEB8162.taxon	description	(Fig. 11, 31, 68) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / E 937 EE 8 A- 5 B 46 - 4707 - 8933 - AF 4510 E 50 E 36	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80EC254F54FEEB8162.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, W Java, Soekaboemi, ex. coll. Le Moult (IRSNB). Diagnosi s. – A small species of the P. dorsalis - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, comparable to P. subinfumatus n. sp. from Sumatra, separated for the shorter antennae, a vestige of a second inner carina on the posterior angles of pronotum, shorter elytra compared to pronotum.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80EC254F54FEEB8162.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Great part of head, pronotum, scutellum, the first two and the last lateral striae of elytra dark brown; anterior margin of head, anterior pars of pronotum with the posterior angles, the remaining pars of elytra, yellowish; covered with dense, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex, flat immediately before of the anterior margin, the latter perfectly arcuate, directed downwards, projected above the clypeus; punctures strong, umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae nearly reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on, second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, subequal in length, taken together, as long as the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular, on average 2.2 x longer than wide, last sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 31). Pronotum. – Long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, with a vestige of mid-longitudinal depression on the basal slope; sides from behind the middle regularly tapering to the apices, sub-parallel to the posterior angles, the latter long, very acuminate, very slightly divergent, bicarinate; outer carina fine, longer slightly diverging from the lateral margins, inner carina shorter, just visible and sub-parallel to the first; lateral margins complete, in the first half visible in a dorsal view; punctuation coarse, punctures umbilicate with shortest intervals or contiguous on all the surface, except before the posterior angles where is very fine. Scutellum. – Tongue-shaped, ridged at base, slightly convex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.5 x longer than pronotum and 2.5 x longer than wide, convex; sides nearly regularly tapering from the base to the apices, the latter truncate; striae deeply punctured, interstriae sub-convex, very finely punctured. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 11 (length 0.66 mm). Size. – Length 5.41 mm, width 1.5 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF80EC254F54FEEB8162.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Java, the island where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF86E9354B1EFF1B8D01.taxon	description	(Fig. 12, 33, 70) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 08 F 449 F 3 - 5 B 60 - 450 B-B 4 A 9 - 588 A 199289 DF	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF86E9354B1EFF1B8D01.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Loei, Na-Haeo (field res. stat.), 15 - 19. V. 2003, J. Constant, K. Smets & P. Grootaert, light trap (IRSNB). Paratype, 1 ♂, same data as Holotype (CPG). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, near P. burmensis Schimmel, 1999 for the same pattern of integuments colour and size, it can be separated by the not sub-parallel sides, shorter and less divergent posterior angles of pronotum, elytral apices entire.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF86E9354B1EFF1B8D01.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Bicoloured; head, antennae from the fourth article, pronotum, scutellum, sutural elytral striae and underbody black; the great Fig. 48 - 49. Elytral apex. 48. Procraerus sikkimensis n. sp. 49. Xanthopenthes manettii n. sp. part of elytra yellowish, the legs ferruginous; covered with dense yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons triangularly impressed from the middle to the anterior margin, the latter arcuate, in the middle always distinct but downloading to touch the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae exceeding by two articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second and third articles, small, globous, subequal in length, taken together, 1.5 x shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular, gradually slenderer, fourth-seventh less twice longer than wide, the following 2.5 - 3 x longer, the last very elongate, sub-ellipsoidal, asymmetrically constricted before the apex (Fig. 33). Pronotum. – Pronotum long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex with a short mid-longitudinal impression on the basal slope; sides from the middle very gradually and regularly tapering to the apices, sub-sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter, acuminate, slightly divergent, sharply uni-carinate; carina short, sub-parallel to the lateral margins, the latter, complete and just visible in the first third of its length in a dorsal view; punctuation very coarse and dense, punctures clearly umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest shagreened intervals giving to the surface an opaque appearance. Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, flat, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.45 x longer than pronotum and 2.5 x longer than wide, convex; sides from the base nearly regularly and gradually tapering to the apices, the latter entire; striae well marked and punctured, interstriae flat, densely punctured with a shiny and sub-rugose surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 12 (length 1.53 mm). Size. – Length 9.0 - 9.4 mm, width 2.31 - 2.37 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFA9FF86E9354B1EFF1B8D01.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The species is dedicated to one of the collectors, K. Smets.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EC3F494CFA3388B2.taxon	description	(Fig. 13, 34, 71) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 49515 EC 4 - 1 C 9 B- 4 B 89 - 99 D 7 - 34 AA 3 C 5 CF 0 F 8	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EC3F494CFA3388B2.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Pethburi, Huai Sat Yai, 20. III. 2001, P. Grootaert (IRSNB). Paratype, 1 ♂, Kanchanabur Prov., Sai Yok Nat. Park, 4 - 5. VI. 2003, J. Constant & K. Smets (CPG). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, comparable to P. parallelus Schimmel, 2003 for the general shape and size, it can be separated for the shinier body, bicoloured elytra, longer pronotum with posterior angles longer and most divergent, sub-parallel elytra.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EC3F494CFA3388B2.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Shiny. Coloration. – Head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, underbody and legs ferruginous, elytra lighter, yellowish, vaguely darkened along the suture and laterally after the sixth intervals; covered with dense, partially erect on elytra and sides of body, yellow pubescence. Head. – Impressed in the middle, anterior margin in the middle very fine, always distinct, directed downwards to nearly touching the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second and third articles, small, globous, subequal in length, taken together as long as the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular gradually slenderer, fourth-sixth less than twice longer than wide, seventh-tenth more twice longer than wide, the last a little longer, ellipsoidal. (Fig. 34). Pronotum. – 1.09 - 1.14 x longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, with a short mid-longitudinal impression on the basal slope; sides regularly and moderately arcuate, sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, divergent, unicarinate; carina sharp, short and directed inside. Scutellum. – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, slightly convex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.55 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex; sides perfectly parallel from the base to behind the middle then gradually tapering to the apices, the latter rounded and entire; striae well punctured, interstriae densely punctured, with wrinkled, shiny surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 13 (length 1.37 mm). Size. – Length 7.5 - 8.7 mm, width 1.75 - 2.06 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EC3F494CFA3388B2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The species is dedicated to P. Grootaert, Head Departmentof Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EEE64F3EFB068E14.taxon	description	(Fig. 14, 35, 72) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / FF 689 C 24 - 073 C- 42 DD- 977 E- 716 E 9405 E 58 A	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EEE64F3EFB068E14.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Philippines, Mindanao, South Cotabato prov., Lake Sebu, 124 ° 42 ’ E, 6 ° 13 ’ N, 700 m, 26. I. 1998, P. Lays (IRSNB). Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper - group sensu Schimmel, 1999 comparable with P. gracilicornis Schimmel, 1999 too from Mindanao but larger, with shorter antennae and slenderer paramera in aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EEE64F3EFB068E14.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head, pronotum, scutellum and underbody darker, brown-ferruginous; elytra, antennae and legs lighter, yellow-ferruginous; covered with fine, yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons flat, anterior margin in the middle prolonged to nearly touching the clypeus; clypeal space obsolete in the middle; punctures strong, umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae exceedingby one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, subequal in length, taken together 1.31 x shorter thanthe fourth; fourth-tenth triangular gradually slenderer witha vestige of mid-longitudinal carina, last sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 35). Pronotum. – 1.09 x longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, convex, with a very shallow and short mid-longitudinal depression in the basal slope; sides sub-parallel from behind the middle to nearly the anterior margin, slightly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter, acuminate, slightly divergent, unicarinate; carina short, very fine, just visible, lateral margin complete and only in the first third of its length visible in a dorsal view; punctuation uniformly distributed on all the surface, very dense; punctures superficial, clearly umbilicate with shortest, shiny intervals to contiguous. Scutellum. – Sub-rectangular, flat, coarsely punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than the pronotum and 2.8 x longer than wide, convex; rather flattened on the disk; sides sub-parallel from the base to behind the middle then gradually tapering to the apices, the latter entire with a vestige of spine; striae well distinct and punctured; interstriae flat and densely punctured. Prosternal process. – Cuneiform, immediately bent behind the procoxal cavities. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 14 (length 1.52 mm). Size. – Length 11.2 mm, width 2.62 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF86EEE64F3EFB068E14.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Mindanao Island where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF84EEDB4A51FE188DAC.taxon	description	ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / EDF 59 B 6 F- 5 C 3 B- 4 EF 3 - A 8 D 6 - 66 DDDFBE 2 EF 2	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF84EEDB4A51FE188DAC.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♀, India, Sikkim, ex. coll. Oberthür (IRSNB). Diagnosi s. – A species of the altitudinum - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, can be compared with P. kathmandulis (Ohira & Becker, 1974) from Nepal and Sikkim from which is Fig. 54 - 67. Habitus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF84EEDB4A51FE188DAC.taxon	description	54. Girardelater nepalensis n. sp. (15.5 mm). 55 - 56. Girardelater riesei n. sp. ♂ ♀ (14.6 mm, 16.5 mm). 57. Girardelaterschimmeli n. sp. (15 mm). 58. Procraerus toegoensis n. sp. (9.2 mm). 59. Procraerus borneoensis n. sp. (7.5 mm). 60. Procraerus duffetsorum n. sp. (10.5 mm). 61 - 62. Procraerus angulatus n. sp. ♂ ♀ (6.3 mm, 8.1 mm). 63. Procraerusgiardinii n. sp. (11 mm). 64. Procraerus abdominalis n. sp. (8.7 mm). 65. Procraerus acuminiformis n. sp. (8.6 mm). 66 - 67. Procraerus subinfumatus n. sp. ♂ ♀ (5.1 mm, 5.4 mm). separated for the third antennal article longer than the second and the moderately emarginate apex of elytra. Description. – Female. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head, sides of pronotum, base and sides of elytra, from the sixth interstriae, blackish; the remaining parts brownish; covered with dense, recumbent yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons convex, anterior margin regularly curved, simple, directed downwards and just projecting above the clypeus; punctures simple or slightly umbilicate with shortest intervals. – Antennae reaching the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the third article on; second article sub-cylindrical, third sub-conical, 1.7 x longer than the second, sculptured as the following, taken together a little longer than the fourth; fourth-tenth sub-triangular, the fourth longer than the following, third-fifth with a vestige of mid-longitudinal carina, the last sub-ellipsoidal (Fig. 36). Pronotum. – 1.12 x longer thanwide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex, abruptly sloping at sides, nearly vertically at base with a vestige of shallow mid-longitudinal depression on the basalslope; sides from base to the anterior margin regularly and moderately tapering; posterior angles long, acuminate, not divergent, uni-carinate; carina short but sharp and diverging from the lateral margins, the latter complete and visible for the first half in a dorsal view; punctuation regularly distributed, punctures on the disk simple or slightly umbilicate, with intervals on average equal to a little smaller than their diameters and feebly micro-reticulated, towards the base and the sides gradually more clearly umbilicate and with intervals clearly shagreened giving to the surface an opaque appearance. Scutellum. – Tongue shaped, slightly convex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 3 x longer than wide, convex, rather flattened on the central disk; sides sub-parallel for the first half then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter very scarcely emarginate (Fig. 48); striae regularly marked and punctured, interstriae flat with wrinkled surface. Size. – Length 10.5 mm, width 2.5 mm. Male. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFAFFF84EEDB4A51FE188DAC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from the country where the species was collected, Sikkim.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDE54856FD8E8F84.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (6 ex.) (CPG) Thailand - Doi Suthep, 24 - 29. IV. 1993, Pacholátko & Dembický; - Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Po, 30. IV- 5. V. 1992, Dembický; - Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Po, 1.15. V. 1991, 800 - 1600 m, S. Bílý; - Doi Pui, Chiang Mai, 30. IV. - I. V. 1988; - Samoeng, Chiang Mai, 4. V. 1988.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDE54856FD8E8F84.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Laos. New for Thailand.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDE84BC1FDA08EDA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 1 ♀, Thailand, Chiang Dao, Ban San Pakia, 5 - 10. V. 2004, S. Bily. (det. Schimmel) (CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDE84BC1FDA08EDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Vietnam. New for Thailand.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDD14A96FDB1812C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 1 ♂, Cambodia: near Siem Reap, 2005, I. Var, Malaise trap (I. R. S. N. B).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EDD14A96FDB1812C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Vietnam. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE884F86FA408ADC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 3 ex. (2 ♂, 1 ♀) (CPG) Indonesia - W Java, Tjibodas, IX. 1938, De Vos tot, Nederveen Cappel; - Lombok Island, Anfenam, 9. II. 1980, B. Osella (det. Schimmel).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE884F86FA408ADC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Indonesia, Sumatra. New for Java and Lombok.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EEF84EE9FA018DEC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 2 ♀ (CPG) Indonesia - Java, without locality, ex F. C. Drescher coll; Sumatra, Boekit Gabah, IV. 1919, H. Lucht, ex F. C. Drescher coll. (det. Schimmel).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EEF84EE9FA018DEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – W Malaysia: Malacca. New for Indonesia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE8849F9FAEC8C81.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 2 ex. (♂ ♀) (CPG) - 1 ♂, Indonesia, Bali Is., Iljmanuk, 27. V. 1959, B. Pisarski & J. Proszynski. (det. Schimmel); - 1 ♀, Bali, Kuta env., 27. XII. 1985, L. Saltini.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE8849F9FAEC8C81.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Indonesia, Java. New for Bali Island.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EEFD48CCFAEC8FE1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 1 ♀, Indonesia, Java, Soekaboemi, ex. coll. Le Moult (IRSNB).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EEFD48CCFAEC8FE1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Malaysia: Sabah. New for Indonesia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE8D4BECFA238EC1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined, 1 ♀, Indonesia, Sumatra, Prapat, 1400 m, III- IV, E. W. Diehl. (det. Schimmel) (CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF84EE8D4BECFA238EC1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – W Malaysia. New for Indonesia: Sumatra.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF9AEED54A8CFDE08F71.taxon	description	(Fig. 15, 37, 49, 74) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / AE 10 FD 7 B-B 378 - 4 EDE-B 019 - FAE 4 C 2376837	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF9AEED54A8CFDE08F71.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Rantepao env., South slope of Mt. Sesean, 1300 - 1600 m, 3. IV. 1999, Bečvář & Zábransky (CPG). Fig. 68 - 80. Habitus. 68. Procraerus javanus n. sp. (5.4 mm). 69. Procraerus indicus n. sp. (9.0 mm). 70. Procraerus smetsi n. sp. (9.3 mm). 71. Procraerus grootaerti n. sp. (8.7 mm). 72. Procraerus mindanaoensis n. sp. (11.2 mm). 73. Procraerus sikkimensis n. sp. (10.5 mm). 74. Xanthopenthes manettii n. sp. (15 mm). 75. Xanthopenthes tamilensis n. sp. (8.4 mm). 76. Xanthopenthes viklundi n. sp. (9.2 mm). 77. Xanthopenthes cambodianus n. sp. (8.0 mm). 78. Xanthopenthes constanti n. sp. (9.6 mm). 79. Xanthopenthes nigerrimus n. sp. (13 mm). 80. Xanthopenthes lemoulti n. sp. (11.2 mm).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF9AEED54A8CFDE08F71.taxon	description	Diagnosi s. – A species of the X. miser - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, that can be compared with X. girardi Schimmel, 1999, too from Sulawesi, for the long antennae, it can be separated by the greater size and particularly for the elytral apices slightly emarginate. Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely yellow-brown with vague, not well delimited, black maculae on the disk and sides of pronotum, disk of elytra in the humeral areas and after the middle; only the legs are lighter, yellowish; covered with dense, decumbent, yellowish pubescence. Head. – Frons flat, anterior margin complete, sub-arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; frontal-clypeal space not constricted and with a vestige of mid-longitudinal carina; punctuation coarse, punctures clearly umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest, shagreened intervals. – Antennae very long, exceeding of four articles the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the third article on; second article small, globous, long as wide, third-tenth sub-triangular, gradually slenderer, longitudinally sub-carinate; third shorter than the fourth; second and third, taken together, shorter than the fourth; last very slender, longer than the previous, with sub-parallel sides and asymmetrically constricted before the apex. (Fig. 37). Pronotum. – Pronotum 1.07 longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, very convex on the disk, abruptly sloping at sides, nearly vertically at base with a short, deep impression on the basal slope; sides very moderately and regularly arcuate, sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter vey elongate, acuminate, divergent, bicarinate; carinae at the same level, the inner shorter, the outer longer and slightly diverging from the lateral margins, the latter very fine, complete and not visible on a dorsal view; punctuation very dense and uniformly distributed; punctures on the disk simple with shortest, moderately shagreened intervals, gradually denser and clearly umbilicate towards the sides with shortest shagreened intervals. Scutellum. – Very declivous, tongue-shaped, moderately convex, densely and roughly punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.9 x longer than wide, convex; sides sub-parallel from base to behind the middle then gradually tapering to the apices, the latter very slightly emarginate and very shortly spiniform (Fig. 49); striae regularly punctate-striate, interstriae sub-convex and densely punctured. Prosternal process. – Gradually bent behind the procoxal cavities, not emarginate at the apex. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 15 (length 2.0 mm). Size. – Length 15.0 mm, width 3.43 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFADFF9AEED54A8CFDE08F71.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – This taxon is dedicated to the ornithologist Claudio Grispigni Manetti, a dear friend of the second author, for his support during the search for the equipment necessary for the preparation of the illustrations of this work.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9AEDC54B7CFB4E8D02.taxon	description	(Fig. 16, 38, 75) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 238 BD 6 D 3 - 602 E- 47 D 3 - 8 D 5 E- 90 ADA 42 F 5 CD 1	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9AEDC54B7CFB4E8D02.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, India, Tamil Nadu, Ainamalai Hills, Topslip, 2500 ft., V. 1977 (CPG). Diagnosi s. – A small species of the X. birmanicus - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, similar to X. modestus (Candèze, 1859) fromIndia but easily separated for the longer antennae and male genitalia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9AEDC54B7CFB4E8D02.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely brownish with antennae and legs lighter, yellow-ferruginous; covered with dense, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons moderately convex, just impressed before the anterior margin, the latter thickened, arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; frontal-clypeal space, not constricted with a vestige of mid-longitudinal carina; punctures umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest intervals. – Antennae exceeding by three articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the third article, second article sub-cylindrical, long as wide, third sub-conical, 2.1 x longer than the second; second and third, taken together, as long as the fourth; articles fourth-tenth sub-triangular gradually slenderer, longitudinally carinate, on average 2.1 x longer than wide, last a little longer and sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 38). Pronotum. – Long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, very convex on the disk, abruptly sloping at the sides, vertically sloping at base with a deep, short mid-longitudinal impression on the basal slope; sides nearly regularly tapering from the base to the apices, posterior angles long, acuminate, not divergent, bicarinate; carinae at the same level, the inner shorter, the outer longer and slightly diverging from the lateral margins, the latter very fine, complete and just visible in the first third on a dorsal view; punctuation very dense and uniformly distributed, punctures umbilicate, with shortest, shagreened intervals. Scutellum. – Very declivous, tongue-shaped, slightly convex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.7 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex, rather flattened on the central part of the disk, sides perfectly parallel from the base to the middle, then regularly tapering to the apices, the latter entire, regularly rounded; striae regularly. Prosternal process. – Just bent behind the procoxal cavities and running horizontal after the middle with apex not emarginate. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 16 (length 1.3 mm). Size. – Length 8.4 mm, width 2.09 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9AEDC54B7CFB4E8D02.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from Tamil Nadu, the Indian state where the species was collected.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9BEED5494EFDC28D4A.taxon	description	(Fig. 17, 39, 46, 76) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / A 8 CE 859 F-A 8 AB- 4674 - A 55 B-A 87 C 09 C 108 AB	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9BEED5494EFDC28D4A.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Laos, Luang Nam, Tha Nam Ha NBCA, Lakkhammai village, 30. IV. 2005, N. Jönsson, T. Malm & B. Viklund, at light (NHRS). Paratypes, 9 ex. (8 ♂, 1 ♀) (CPG, NHRS) - 5 ♂, same data as Holotype. - 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Thailand, 100 km NE Nan Doi Phu Kha N. P., 20.25. IV. 2004, F. Pavel. - 1 ♂, Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov., Tam Dao, 1200 m, 19 - 22. VI. 2014, M. Hauser & N. von Ellenrieder. Diagnosi s. – A species of the X. birmanicus - group sensu Schimmel, 1999 for the general shape and colour very allied to X. klausnitzeri Schimmel from Thailand, for the shape of the last sternite in the male, a character not discussed in the original description of the surnamed species, it can be separated for the more robust body, longer antennae and elongated aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9BEED5494EFDC28D4A.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Head and the greater part of pronotum except for the basal slope and the posterior angles, around of scutellum, blackish; all the remaining parts including antennae and legs, yellow-ferruginous; covered with dense, recumbent, fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons convex on the vertex, flat from the middle to the anterior margin, the latter complete, simple, sub-arcuate, directed downwards and just protruding above the clypeus; punctuation strong, punctures umbilicate with shortest intervals to contiguous. – Antennae very long, exceeding by nearly four articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the third article on: second article sub-cylindrical, short, as long as wide, third sub-conical, fourth-tenth sub-triangular, longitudinally carinate; second and third, taken together, long as the fourth; fourth-tenth gradually slenderer, lasta little longer than the previous, sub-ellipsoidal, slightlyconstricted before the apex. (Fig. 39). Pronotum. – Just longer than wide tolong as wide, widestat the apices of the posterior angles, convex, abruptly sloping at sides, nearly vertically on the basal slope; sides from the base nearly and regularly narrowing to the apices; posterior angles long, acuminate, not or very slightly divergent, bicarinate; carinae short but sharp and diverging; lateral margins complete and in the first half visible on a dorsal view; punctuation coarse and uniformly distributed except for the basal slope; punctures umbilicate, on the disk with shortest, sub-shiny intervals, gradually denser and with shagreened intervals towards the sides. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, tongue-shaped, rather acuminate at the apex, flat or slightly convex, densely punctured. Elytra. – 2.5 x longer than wide and 2.7 x longer than wide, convex; sides sub-parallel in the first half then gradually tapering to the apices, the latter rounded to very slightly truncated; striae regularly punctured, interstriae flat, densely punctures, sometimes with rough surface. Prosternal process. – Just bent behind the procoxal cavities and running horizontal after the middle with apex not emarginate. Last visible sternite. – Impressed at sides. (Fig. 49). Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 17 (length 1.56 mm). Female. – Extremely similar to the male in the colour of the integuments, with short antennae and sub-parallel sides of pronotum. Size. – Length 9.0 - 10.5 mm, width 2.25 - 2.56 mm.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB3FF9BEED5494EFDC28D4A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The species is dedicated to one of the collectors, B. Viklund that sent us some material for study.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF9BEDD64906FA9E8B9A.taxon	description	(Fig. 18, 40, 45, 77) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 6 CBB 6 FC 7 - E 301 - 4 BA 9 - 828 E-AAEAE 6176389	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF9BEDD64906FA9E8B9A.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Cambodia, Pursat Prov., Phnom Samkos W. S. Pramaoy, 13. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var. (IRSNB). Paratypes, 18 ex. (IRSNB, CPG, CPR) - 17 ♂, same data as holotype; - 1 ♀, Angkor, Preah-Khan Temple, 31. V. 2003, J. Constant & K. Smets, light trap. Diagnosi s. – A species of the X. birmanicus - group sensu Schimmel, 1999 allied to X. niehuisi Schimmel, 1999 from Thailand, for the general shape and size, it can be separated for the narrower body, shorter antennae and the very elongate aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF9BEDD64906FA9E8B9A.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely dark-brown to yellow-brown, generally with the basal slope of pronotum and elytra lighter but with big contrast; covered with dense, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Fronsconvex on the vertex, flat from the middle, anterior margin regularly curved and just protruding above the clypeus; punctures umbilicate, with shortest intervalsto contiguous. – Antennae exceedingbytwoarticles the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, slightly serrated from the third article; second article small, globous, long as wide, third-tenth sub-triangular, slender, longitudinally carinate; second and third, taken together, just longer than the fourth; last long as the previous, sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 40). Pronotum. – 1.06 - 1.09 x longer than wide, widest at the middle and at the apices of the posterior angles, very convex, abruptly sloping at sides, nearly vertically at the basal slope; sides sub-parallel from the base to near the anterior margin, posterior angles acuminate, very slightly divergent, bicarinate; carinae short, the inner more apparent; lateral margins complete and visible in a dorsal view in the first thirds of its length; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures very slightly umbilicate on the disk, with very short, more or less shagreened intervals, clearly umbilicate towards the sides but with short and clearly shagreened intervals. Scutellum. – Very declivous, tongue-shaped, slightly convex and roughly punctured. Elytra. – 2.4 - 2.5 longer than pronotum and 2.6 - 2.7 longer than wide, a little narrower than pronotum at base, convex; sides sub-parallel from the base to the middle, then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter regularly rounded; striae regularly marked and punctured; interstriae flat with surface appearing microgranulate. Last abdominal visible sternite. – Sinuate at sides before the apex. (Fig. 45). Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 18 (length 1.35 mm). Female. – Body more convex; antennae shorter not reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum. Size. – Length 7.0 - 9.0 mm, width 1.68 - 2.12 mm.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF9BEDD64906FA9E8B9A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from the country where the species was collected. Ecological notes. – Forest edge, at light trap.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	description	(Fig. 19, 41, 78) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 1 D 8 F 240 A- 2007 - 422 A- 9 ECB-B 95 B 1 F 933 CE 5	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Loei, Na-Haeo (field res. stat.), 15 - 19. V. 2003, J. Constant, K. Smets & P. Grootaert, light trap (IRSNB). Paratype, ♂, same data as holotype (CPG). Diagnosi s. – A species X. birmanicus - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, that for the impressed last visible sternite can be compared to X. viklundi n. sp., it is separated by the uniformly blackish colour, shorter antennae and aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely blackish with antennae and legs ferruginous; covered with dense, yellow fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons flat, slightly impressed only immediately before the anterior margin, the latter regularly curved, sub-horizontally a little projectingabove the clypeus, puncturesumbilicate, withshortest intervalsor contiguous. – Antennae exceeding by three articles the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second article globous, long as wide, third subconical, fourth-tenth sub-triangular, gradually slenderer, longitudinally carinate; second and third taken together long as the fourth; last lacking. (Fig. 41). Pronotum. – 1.10 - 1.13 x longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, very convex, abruptly sloping at sides and base; sides very gradually and regularly tapering from thebase to the anterior margin; posterior angles long, acuminate, not divergent, bicarinate; carinae short, equal in length, diverginganteriorly; lateral margincomplete andnotvisible ina dorsal view; punctuation dense, uniformly distributed; punctures on the disk small, slightly umbilicate with shortest, shiny intervals, larger and clearlyumbilicate towards the sides with shortest, shagreened intervals to contiguous. Scutellum. – Strongly declivous, tongue-shaped not ridged at base, flat to sub-convex, strongly punctured. Elytra. – 2.3.2.35 x longer than pronotum and 2.6 - 2.65 x longer than wide, narrower than pronotum at base, convex, rather flattened on the disk; sides sub-parallel from the base to the middle then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter regularly rounded; striae regularly marked, interstriae flat with a microgranulate surface. Last visible sternite. – Slightly impressed at sides before the apex, this thickened. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 19 length 1.37 mm). Size. – Length 9.5 - 9.8 mm, width 2.31 - 2.37 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – Dedicated to J. Constant of the IRSNB that sent us material for study. Xanthopenthes nigerrimus n. sp. (Fig. 20, 42, 79) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / 494 D 272 C-D 5 FF- 45 D 8 - 99 BD- 0 EA 64 AFF 892 B	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Loei, Na-Haeo (field res. stat.), 15 - 19. V. 2003, J. Constant, K. Smets & P. Grootaert, light trap; Loei, Na Haeo, forest clearing, light trap, 16. V. 2003, Constant & Smets (IRSNB). Paratypes, 9 ex. (7 ♂, 2 ♀), same data as Holotype. (CPG, IRSNB). Diagnosi s. – A blackish species of the X. lugubris - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, that can be compared to X. unicarinatus (Fleutiaux, 1918) but is immediately separated for the bicarinate angles of pronotum and toothed paramera in aedeagus.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Very moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely blackish with antennae brown and legs ferruginous; covered with dense, recumbent, yellow-fulvous pubescence. Head. – Frons very slightly impressed in the middle, anterior margin, curved, moderately thickened, sub-horizontally a little projected above the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae exceeding by abouttwo articles theapices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the third article on; second small, globous, third sub-conical, fourth-tenth sub-triangular, longitudinally carinate; second and third, takentogether, long as the fourth; last sub-ellipsoidal. (Fig. 42). Pronotum. – 1.05 - 1.06 x longer than wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex with a vestige of a very shallow median impression immediately before the basal slope; sides sub-parallel, tapering immediately before the anterior margin, slightly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter, long, acuminate just divergent, bicarinate; carinae short, the inner more sharp, the outer at a lower level and very fine; lateral margins complete, not visible in a dorsal view; punctuation very coarse and dense; puncture umbilicate, with shortest intervals to contiguous on all the surface. Elytra. – 2.9 x longer than pronotum and 2.7 x longer than wide, as wide as the pronotum at base, strongly convex; sides very gradually and regularly tapering from the base to behind the middle; apices rounded; striae well marked, interstriae flat, with rough, microgranulated surface. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 20 (length 2.18 mm). Size. – Length 11.2 - 14.7 mm, width 2.81 - 3.5 mm. Female. – Shorter antennae not reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, pronotum more convex, slightly dilated in the anterior third. – Length 12.5 mm; width 3.0 mm (female).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB2FF98EED24FD6FEBA8CA1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The name is derived from the black integuments colour of the species.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE814EFCFAF38DA4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (IRSNB, CPG). - 1 ♂, Laos, Bolikhamsay prov., Phou Khao Kouay NBCA, Tad Leuk Waterfall, 280 m, 11 - 12. IV. 1988, O. Merkl & G. Csorba. - 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Cambodia, Kirirom Nat. Park, 21 - 22. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var, Pine forest; Phnom Kulen, 24. V. 2003, J. Constant & K. Smets.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE814EFCFAF38DA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Laos and Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EEAD4821FA508C89.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♂, Malaysia, Borneo, Mt. Tibang, 1700 m, E. Mjöberg (NHRS).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EEAD4821FA508C89.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Engano. New for Borneo.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE9348C4FAB48FDC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♂, Laos, Dong Dok, 20. III. 1990, E. Kandorosy (det. Schimmel) (CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE9348C4FAB48FDC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE9B4BE9FA878E32.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♀, Cambodia, Siem Reap Prov., Angkor. Preah Kahn, 28. III. 5. IV. 2005, I. Var (IRSNB).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EE9B4BE9FA878E32.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EC324B2CFB338AF1.taxon	description	(Fig. 21, 43, 80) ZooBank: http: // zoobank. org / F 10 B 7 D 7 F-F 6 F 1 - 4 E 32 - A 2 AD- 4777 D 413 D 414	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EC324B2CFB338AF1.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, W Java, Soekaboemi, ex. coll. Le Moult (IRSNB). Diagnosi s. – A species of the X. miser - group sensu Schimmel, 1999, similar in the general shape, size and colour to X. miser (Candèze) but distinct for the shorter antennae and the lack also as a vestige of a second carina on the posterior angles of pronotum.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EC324B2CFB338AF1.taxon	description	Description. – Male. Moderately shiny. Coloration. – Entirely brown-ferruginous with dense, recumbent yellowish pubescence. Head. – Fronsflat, justimpressedinthemiddlebeforetheanteriormargin, thelatter arcuate, in the middle just protruding above the clypeus; punctures coarse, umbilicate, contiguous – Antennae exceeding by one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serratedfrom thethirdarticleon; secondarticlesmall, globous, long aswide; third sub-triangular, twice longer thanwide, second and third, taken together, a little longer than thefourth; fourth-tenth triangular, graduallyslenderer, from twicetoalittle longerthan wide, withavestigeblackishmid-longitudinalline, not carinate; lastalittle longer, sub-ellipsoidal, constrictedbeforetheapex. (Fig. 43). Pronotum. – 1.06 x longer thanwide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex, abruptly sloping at sides and base, sides from behind the middle very slightly and regularly tapering to the apices, just sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, very slightly divergent, unicarinate, carina short and directed inside; lateral margins complete and visible only in the first half in a dorsal view; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures on the disk slightly umbilicate with shortest intervals, gradually denser, strongly umbilicate and contiguous towards the sides. Scutellum. – Tongue-shaped, ridgedatbase, slightlyconvex, roughlypunctured. Elytra. – 2.64 xlongerthanpronotum 2.5 xlongerthanwide, convex; sides sub-parallel in the first half then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter rounded; striae regularly marked and punctured, interstriae flat, densely punctured. Prosternal process. – Sub-horizontal behind the procoxal cavities, pointed and not emarginate at apex. Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 21 (length 1.62 mm). Size. – Length 11.2 mm, width 2.93 mm. Female. – Unknown.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF98EC324B2CFB338AF1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – Dedicated to the Memory of the French entomologist E. Le Moult from which collection come the species. New geonemic records for some species of genus Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF99EE884ABEFD11899A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 15 ex. ♂ ♀ (IRNSB, NHRS, CPG, CPR) - Laos, Luang Nam, Tha Nam Ha NBCA, Lakkhammai village, 30. IV. 2005, N. Jönsson, T. Malm & B. Viklund, at light. - Cambodia, Pursat Prov., Phnom Samkos W. S. Pramaoy, 13. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB1FF99EE884ABEFD11899A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Myanmar. New for Laos and Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE74DD6FDAC88F1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♂, Cambodia, Siem Reap Prov., Angkor Preah Kahn, 28. III- 5. IV. 2005, I. Var, Malaise trap (IRSNB).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE74DD6FDAC88F1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDF24CFCFDAC8BC9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♂, Cambodia, without locality, ex. Oberthur coll. (IRSNB).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDF24CFCFDAC8BC9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDF84F84FF428D31.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 9 ex. (5 ♂, 4 ♀) (IRSNB, NHRS, CPG) Laos - Luang Namtha Nam Ha NBCA, Lakkhammai village, 30. IV. 2005, N. Jönsson, T. Malm & B. Viklund, at light; - Namtha Distr., Lakkhammai, 5 - 9. V. 2007, M. Pejcha. Cambodia: Siem Reap Prov., Angkor Preah Kahn, 28. III- 5. IV. 2005, I. Var, Malaise trap; Vietnam - Tay Ninh, Cochincine, X. 1923. China - Yunnan-Fou, San-nen-Kai.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDF84F84FF428D31.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Myanmar. New for Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDFD49BCFDAC8C04.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 4 ex. (2 ♂, 2 ♀), Cambodia, Pursat Prov., Phnom Samkos W. S. Pramaoy, 13. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var (IRSNB, CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDFD49BCFDAC8C04.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99ED884841FD2C8F5A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♀, Indonesia, W Sumatra, Harau Valley, III. 1992 (compared with paratype).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99ED884841FD2C8F5A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand; W Malaysia. New for Indonesia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE14B16FA5988CC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 41 ex. ♂ ♀ (IRSNB, CPG, CPR) Thailand - Chiang Dao, 350 m, 9.14. V. 1991, D. Kral (det. Schimmel); - Chiang Mai, Fang, 1. VII. 1990. Laos - Oudomxay, Houykhom Xai distr., 5 - 14. Vi. 2009, Li Jingke; - Vientiane Mun., Nam Ngum river, Lao Pako, 50 km NW Vientiane, 14 - 19. V. 2007, M. Pejcha. Cambodia - Pursat Prov., Phnom Samkos W. S. Pramaoy, 13. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var; Siem Reap, 25. V. 2005, J. Constant & K. Smets, at light.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE14B16FA5988CC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Vietnam. New for Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. 1 GP = Giuseppe Platia - EP = Edoardo Pulvirenti Xanthopenthes preussi Schimmel, 1999 Schimmel, 1999: 216; 2005: 340.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE14B16FA5988CC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 1 ♂, Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., Suoi Loc Chau, 5 km E of Bao Loc, 24. X. 1988, S. Mahunka & T. Vasarhelyi (det. Schimmel) (CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EDE14B16FA5988CC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand; Myanmar (Tenasserim). New for Vietnam.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EE874C99FAF28B22.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 3 ♂, Cambodia, Kampor Prov., Bokor N. P., 270 m, 22. I. 2006, G. Csorba, L. Duval & G. Ronkay (CPG).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EE874C99FAF28B22.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand; W Malaysia. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EEA74FAEFAAB8A89.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 6 ex. (2 ♂, 4 ♀) (CPG) Thailand - Mae Hong Son, 1000 m, 16.23. VI. 1993, Y. Schneider; - Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Po, 1600 - 2000 m, J. Horak; - 100 km NE Nan Doi Phu Kha N. P:, 20.25. IV. 2004, F. Pavel; - Samoeng, Chiang Mai, 4. V. 1988; - Khon Kaen, Si Chomphu, 250 m, 16. V. 2011. (det. Schimmel).	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EEA74FAEFAAB8A89.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Laos; Vietnam. New for Thailand.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EEA94EC4FA918D8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. – 2 ex. (1 ♂, 1 ♀) - Cambodia, Kirirom Nat. Park, 21. IV. 2005, K. Smets & I. Var (IRSNB). Ecological notes. – Pine Forest, at light trap.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
550687F6FFB0FF99EEA94EC4FA918D8A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Thailand. New for Cambodia.	en	Platia, Giuseppe, Pulvirenti, Edoardo (2023): New species and new records of click beetles of the genera Girardelater Schimmel, 1999, ProcraerusReitter, 1905 andXanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterini and Megapenthini). Faunitaxys 11 (31): 1-18, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(31), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374456
