Ludioctenus cyprius
Creators: name: Kundrаtа, Robin
name: Sormovа, Eliskа
name: Prosvirov, Аlexаnder S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Ludioctenus
Ludioctenus cyprius

description: Ludioctenus cyprius (Baudi di Selve, 1871)
(Figs 15–41)
Tetrigus cyprius Baudi di Selve, 1871: 50.
Elatrigus cyprius: Reitter 1905: 10.
Ludioctenus akbesianus Fairmaire, 1893: lxix.
Material examined. GREECE. 1 male, " Greece, Macedonia mer., Chalkidiki, Modi, 20.– 25.7.2009; Kraus leg. // RK0228" (PCRK); 1 male, "Graecia, Makedonia, mer. Аsprovalta, 1–31.VII.2003, Zdeněk Kraus leg." (PCАP); 1 female, "Greece—Sivota, 10–20.7.[20]07, Rak J." (PCАP). SYRIA. 1 female, " Syria, Prov. Latakia, Salah Аddin citadel, ex larva from oak, 5.–20.VI.2010, Tamás Németh leg." (PCRK).
Description of terminal abdominal segments and genitalia. Male. Tergite VIII (Fig. 23) subtriangular, about 1.5 times as wide as long, apically widely rounded, finely punctate, covered with dense pubescence. Sternite VIII (Fig. 22) subtriangular, partly membranous, about 1.4 times as wide as long, apically narrowed, slightly emarginate, medially and apicolaterally finely punctate, covered with long dense pubescence. Tergites IX and X (Fig. 26) connected by membrane; tergite IX about 1.7 times as wide as long, emarginate apically; tergite X small, widely rounded apically. Sternite IX (Fig. 24) elongate, about 2.3 times as long as wide, apically widely rounded, apicolaterally finely punctate, with dense pubescence. Sternite X (Fig. 25) connected by membrane to sternite IX, partly membranous, with two elongate sclerotized plates. Аedeagus (Figs 27–28) 3.2 times as long as wide. Median lobe elongate, robust, slightly surpassing parameres, subparallel-sided, apically distinctly narrowed, with apex narrowly rounded, with moderately long basal struts. Paramere elongate, subparallel-sided for most of its length, abruptly constricted subapically, with subapical hook, apical portion covered with long setae, apex narrowly rounded; subapical hook short, thick, its outer portion indistinctly emarginate. Phallobase robust, transverse, about 1.3 times as wide as long. Female. Tergite VIII (Figs 37–38) subtriangular, slightly longer than wide, posteriorly widely rounded, finely punctate, covered with dense pubescence, denser and longer at margins. Sternite VIII (Figs 37–38) U-shaped, apically rounded, finely punctate, covered with dense pubescence, spiculum ventrale slender, long, about 2.6 times sternite length. Ovipositor (Figs 39–40) elongate; paraprocts about 6.5 times as long as gonocoxites, styli absent. Vagina with plate-like sclerotized structures. Bursa copulatrix (Fig. 41) mebranous, saclike, anteriorly elongate, with long rows of jointly connected spines. Two elongate spermathecae attached to anterior part of bursa copulatrix.
Distribution. Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria (Cate 2007, Platia & Németh 2011).
description: Published as part of Kundrаtа, Robin, Sormovа, Eliskа & Prosvirov, Аlexаnder S., 2018, Revisiting the diversity of Ludioctenus Fairmaire (Elateridae: Agrypninae), with description of a new species from Afghanistan, and discussion on the systematic position of Tetrigusina, pp. 377-388 in Zootaxa 4455 (2) on page 381, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1457325