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Knull, Josef N.

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A NEW SPECIES OF APHRICUS FROM CALIFORNIA(COLEOPTERA: ELATERIDAE)JOSEF N. KNULLDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 10Aphricus lanei n. sp.Male.—Narrow, elongate; dark brown, almost black; legs, antennae and mouth partslighter; body and legs densely pubescent.Head convex on vertex, front concave; surface densely finely punctured giving a rugoseappearance; mandibles prominent; labrum connate with clypeus and in same plane; supra -antennal margin of frons continuous above labrum, finely carinate; antennae long, slender,reaching to about middle of elytra, ratio of lengths of segments 1 to 11, 8:4:6:10:ll:12:12:12:14:13:14.Pronotum longer than wide, widest near middle; sides converging posteriorly, sinuatenear base, hind angles acute, somewhat divergent, with fine carina on side; disk convex, finely,densely punctured. Scutellum prominent, densely pubescent.Aphricus lanei n. sp.(Line equals 1 mm.).Elytra at base wider than widest part of head or pronotum; sides subparallel near basethen gradually converging to acutely rounded apices; surface with punctures of striae separatedby less than their own diameters, punctures larger than those of pronotum, interspaces minutelypunctured, pubescence dense.Beneath with metasterum truncate anteriorly, mesocoxae separated, meso- and meta-thoracic suture distinct between mesocoxae, which are enclosed by meso- and metasternum;prothoracic sternopleural sutures not converging posteriorly. Legs slender, apex of each tibiawith two spines.Length 6.8 mm.; width 1.8 mm.Holotype male and para types all collected in Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino Co., Calif.June 5, 1948 by D. J. and J. N. Knull. Holotype and paratypes in collection of author, para-types in collection of M. C. Lane and The Ohio State University.This species differs from A. californicns Lee. by being somewhat larger, darker in colorand more pubescent. It lacks the apical carina on the fifth elytral interspace of californicns.I take pleasure in naming this species for M. C. Lane, who has aided me greatly in mystudies of the Elateridae.THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIEXCE 56(5): 290, September, 1956.

A New Species of Aphricus from California (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

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A New Species of Aphricus from California (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

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