Elathous niger Schwarz, 1897

Kundrata, Robin, Németh, Tamás, Prosvirov, Alexander S. & Hoffmannova, Johana, 2021, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle genus Elathous Reitter, 1890 (Coleoptera Elateridae: Dendrometrinae), including habitus photographs for all species, Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 231-265 : 248

Elathous niger Schwarz

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Elathous niger Schwarz, 1897: 130 .

Leptoschema nigra: Reitter, 1905: 24 .

Leptoschema nigrum: Reitter, 1906: 399 .

Elathous nigrum: Dolin, 1978: 51 .

Type depository. Syntype, male ( SDEI) .

Type locality. Greece: Parnassos .

Distribution. Azerbaijan [dubious], Greece.

Literature. Schwarz (1897: 130): original description; Reitter (1905: 24, 115): review, key, catalogue [as Leptoschema , as possible syn. of Athous brucki ]; Reitter (1906: 399): catalogue [as Leptoschema , as possible synonym of Athous brucki ]; Schwarz (1906: 197): catalogue [as Leptoschema ]; Jakobson (1913: 757): catalogue [as Leptoschema ]; Buysson (1914: 87): catalogue [as Leptoschema ]; Buysson (1925: 598): catalogue [as Leptoschema , syn. of L. brucki Candèze, 1878 ]; Schenkling (1927: 303): catalogue [as Leptoschema , syn. of L. brucki ]; Agaev (1971: 38, 41): distributional record [as Leptoschema ]; Dolin (1978: 49): larval key, figures of larval characters; Agaev (1980: 17, 20): key for larva and imago; Agaev (1986: 16): remark; Agaev (1988a: 543): distributional note; Agaev (1988b: 51): key, review; Platia & Schimmel (1991: 132): comparison with other species, key; Mertlik (2005: 171): comparison with other species; Cate (2007: 164): catalogue; Etzler (2019: 307): checklist; Németh (2019: 137): comparison with other species.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Palearctic species of genus Elathous. A, E. lizlerwerneri Mertlik & Dušánek, 2006, holotype, male; B, E. maestrei Zapata de la Vega & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2012, holotype, male; C, E. malatyanus Etzler, 2019 (replacement name for E. bicolor Platia, 2010), holotype, male; D, E. melanarius Platia & Kakiopoulos, 2014, holotype, male; E, E. mertliki Platia & Schimmel, 1992, holotype, male; F, E. murzovi Platia, 2010, paratype, male; G, E. niger Schwarz, 1897, syntype, male; H, E. nigricans Platia & Schimmel, 1991, holotype, male. Photograph B provided by M. París (MNCN), photograph D provided by G. Platia (Italy). Scale bars: 3.0 mm. Labels not to scale.