Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 99. (Budapest 2007)
Platia, G. ; Schimmel, R.: Click beetles of Taiwan collected by the expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the years 1955 to 2003 (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 99 Budapest, 2007 pp. 49-91. Click beetles of Taiwan collected by the expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the years 1995 to 2003 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) G. PLATIA 1 & R. SCHIMMEL 2 x Istituto Teenico Agrario Statale "G. Garibaldi", Via Savio, 2400, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy. E-mail:pinoplatia-@tele2.it Wiesenstr. 6, 66957 Vinningen, Germany. E-mail: rainer.schimmel@web.de Abstract - Ninety-five species of click beetles collected in Taiwan by several expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum are listed. Merklelater gen. n. belonging to the tribe Ampedini is described. Fourteen species belonging to the genera Agrypnus ESCHSCHOLTZ, 1829, Scutellathous KlSHII, 1955, Ampedus DEJEAN, 1833, Merklelater gen. n., Reitterelater PLATIA et CATE, 1990, Wallaceus SCHIMMEL, 2004, Podeonius KIESENWETTER, 1858, Mulsanteus GOZIS, 1875, Glyphonyx CANDÈZE, 1863 and Melanotus ESCHSCHOLTZ, 1829 are described as new. New synonymy: Prodrasterius collaris taiwanus KlSHII, 1996, syn. n. = Conoderus nigricollis (FLEUTIAUX, 1918). Three genera (Pengamethes FLEUTIAUX, 1928, Wallaceus SCHIMMEL, 2004 and Podeonius KIESENWETTER, 1858) and three species are recorded for the first time from Taiwan. Three new generic combinations and a synonymy are proposed. Three species (probably new) belonging to the genera Yukoana KlSHII, 1959 and Quasimus GOZIS, 1886, (subgenus Miquasus KlSHII, 1959), based on female specimens, are identified only at generic level. With 47 figures. Key words - Elateridae, Taiwan, new genus, new species, new records. INTRODUCTION Recently we had the opportunity to study a lot of click beetles collected by several expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) in Taiwan. The results of this study are particularly interesting as we have recognized 95 species of which three, based on single female specimens, are identified only at the generic level and 14 new species belonging to 10 genera of which one, Merklelater, is described as a new genus in the tribe Ampedini. A few hitherto unidentified specimens from the collection of HANS SAUTER
