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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)

be separated by the larger body, shorter antennae and shorter spines of bursa copulatrix. Ampedus agnatus SCHIMMEL, 1993 Ampedus agnatus SCHIMMEL, 1993: 116. Material examined - 1 male. Taiwan: Nantou County, Kao-Leng Dyi, 18 km W of Wushe, 24°4.56LN, 121°8.046'E, 1945 m, swept from vegetation, 18-19.IV.2002, D. A. ANSTINE, GY. FÁBIÁN & O. MERKL. Ampedus formosensis (MlWA, 1929) Elaterformosensis MlWA, 1929b: 487. Ampedus formosensis (MIWA, 1929): SUZUKI 1999: 137. Material examined - 1 male. Taiwan: Taipei County, Neitong Forest Recreation Area, 6 km S of Wulai, at light, 7.IV.2002, GY. FÁBIÁN & O. MERKL. Merklelater gen. n. Type species - Merklelater anstinei sp. n. Description - Frons convex with anterior margin complete, distinct, touching upwards of clypeus, leaving all the clypeal space only slightly restricted in the middle; antennae long, exceeding by nearly three antennomeres (two in the female) the apices of hind angles of pronotum, quite serrate from fourth antennomere; second antennomere globose, third (in the male) conical, longer than second and shorter than fourth, sculptured as fourth (subconical and sculptured as second in the female). Pronotum convex, clearly broader than long; posterior angles shallowly unicarinate; prosternai sutures briefly excavate in front and substraight; propleura slightly emarginate; prosternai process in dorsal view gradually narrowing behind procoxal cavities; in lateral view moderately bent behind procoxae with apex slightly emarginate. First tarsomere as long as three following taken together. Male genitalia with median part longer than parameres, the latter with apical tooth. Comparative remarks - Because of the general shape and size the new genus and the only known species show a high similarity to the small European species of the genus Brachygonus BUYSSON, 1812 (including B. ruficeps MULSANT et GUILLEBEAU, 1885 and B. gratiosus PLATIA et SCHIMMEL, 1991), but can be immediately separated by the antennái features and the very elongate first tarsomeres; this latter character, together with the nearly