Elaterinae Leach, 1815

Arimoto, Kôichi & Itô, Reo, 2018, Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Tanegashima Island (Ryukyu Islands, Japan), Check List 14 (4), pp. 681-692 : 685

Subfamily Elaterinae Leach, 1815

Procraerus (Agaripenthes) helvolus ( Candèze, 1873) Agriotes helvolus Candèze 1873: 30 .

Procraerus helvolus ; Nakane and Kishii 1955c: 5.

Procraerus (Agaripenthes) helvolus ; Ôhira 1970: 84.

Agaripenthes helvolus ; Gurjeva 1979: 115.

Megapenthes flavus Fleutiaux 1902: 19 .

Material examined. 1♂, Site 2, SLT [18A033]; 1♀, Site 11, SLT [18A034] ( Fig. 3J).

Species diagnosis. Ôhira (1998b).

Remarks. The status of Agaripenthes Ôhira, 1970 is not stable. Ôhira (1970, 1998b) assigned Agaripenthes to the subgenus status, while Kishii (1999, 2006) assigned it generic status. Herein, we follow the proposed of Ôhira (1970, 1998b).

* Hayekpenthes pallidus pallidus ( Lewis, 1894) Megapenthes pallidus Lewis 1894: 46 . Pengamethes pallidus ; Miwa 1933: 70. Ganoxanthus pallidus ; Nakane and Kishii 1955d: 208. Hayekpenthes pallidus ; Ôhira 1970: 87. Hayekpenthes pallidus pallidus ; Ôhira 1998c: 11.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, Site 2, SLT [18A035– 18A037] ( Fig. 3K).

Species diagnosis. Ôhira (1998c).

Haterumelater bicarinatus yaku Kishii, 1976 Haterumelater bicarinatus yaku Kishii 1976b: 49 .

Material examined. 2♀, Site 13, picking up from rotting wood [18A038, 18A039] ( Fig. 3L).

Species diagnosis. Ôhira (2005).

Bionomics. The specimens examined were collected from rotting wood on a sandy beach ( Fig. 2E), together with Suzukielater babai Kishii & Ôhira, 1956 .