Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859

Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5270 (2), pp. 281-305 : 294

Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859

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Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859: 426 .

For more information, including synonyms, see Cate (2007).

Distribution. China, “Himalaya”, India, Japan, Pakistan; Oriental Region ( Cate 2007, Schimmel 2007, Akhter et al. 2012a, Platia 2015 a, Platia & Ahmed 2016).

Literature. Cate (2007: 105): catalogue; Schimmel (2007: 225): distributional remark; Akhter et al. (2012a: 48): catalogue; Platia (2015a: 15): distributional record from Pakistan, figure of female pronotum; Platia & Ahmed (2016: 9): distributional record from Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Aeoloides grisescens (Germar, 1844) (female); B. Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859 (male); C. Heteroderes lenis Candèze, 1859 (female); D. Lanelater pakistanicus Platia, 2015 (male). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (B), 3.0 mm (A, C), 6.0 mm (D).