Paraplatynychus Fleutiaux, 1931

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 42-43

Paraplatynychus Fleutiaux, 1931 Figs 29, 140-143

Platynychus : subgenus Paraplatynychus Fleutiaux, 1931: 315. Type species: Paraplatynychus mixtus Fleutiaux, 1931: 326.

Diagnosis.

Prothorax. Pronotum with complete carina at lateral edge (Fig. 141), reaching from hind angle to anterior edge of prothorax. Pterothorax. Scutellum with middle of anterior edge broadly concave. Also. Tarsal claws with both basal and apical points on each side, without basal setae; bursa copulatrix with proximal sclerites bilobed (Fig. 142). Diagnosis is based on type species. Platynychus fuscipennis Candèze, 1860, and Platynychus incostatus Fleutiaux, 1931 have lateral carina of pronotum reaching only 9/10 to anterior edge of pronotum, and scutellum mesally notched. Known from PR China, and Southeast Asia, 4 spp.