Lanelater bipunctatus (Candèze, 1857), Candeze, 1857

Akhter, Muhammad Atique, Drumont, Alain, Rizvi, Syed Anser & Ahmed, Zubair, 2012, Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan, Zootaxa 3223, pp. 40-54 : 45

Lanelater bipunctatus (Candèze, 1857)

Agrypnus bipunctatus Candèze, 1857: 29 .

Lanelater bipunctatus . Arnett, 1952: 105; Hayek, 1973: 245; Platia, 1988: 6; Platia, 2004: 99; Cate, 2007: 102.

Type-locality: Sylhet (E Pakistan). (Spelling from original description)

Material examined. Pakistan; Kheybar Pakhton Khoa Province, Dadar, 22 males; 10. vii. 2004, leg. Zubair, at light (ACP); Tamargrah, 15 males, 11 females; 5. vi. 2006, leg. Rasheed; Sindh Province, Karachi, 23 males; 5. vii. 2005, leg. Akhter, at light; 1 male; 4. vi. 2006, leg. Zubair, at light; 3 males; 10. iv. 2005, leg. Zubair; 31 males, 14 females; 7. vii. 2004, leg. Ijaz (ACP); 3 males, 1 female; 13. vi. 1987, leg. Masood, at light; 1 male; 0 6. iv. 2004, leg. Rukhsana; 4 males, 1 female; 0 6. iv. 2004, leg. Rauf; 4 males; 21. ii. 1972, leg. Rizvi, ( NHMUK); Mirpur Khas, 23 males; 10. v. 2007, leg, Zubair, (ACP); Nagarparker, 31 males; 12. v. 2007, leg. Zubair, (ACP); Naukot, 40 males, 19 females; 9. v. 2007, leg. Zubair, (ACP); Thatta, 7 males; 12. viii. 1967, leg. Ehsan ( NHMUK); Tando Jam, 3 males, 1 female; 15. viii. 1967, leg. Mehar, ( NHMUK).

Distribution. India, Iran and Pakistan ( Cate, 2007).