The genusAlaolaconCandèze, a senior synonym of the genusEumoeusCandèze (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae).
AlaolaconCandèze, 1865 is found to be a senior synonym ofEumoeusCandèze, 1874,LuzonicusFleutiaux, 1916 andTharopsidesFleutiaux, 1918.Alaolaconis represented byAlaolacon bakeri(Fleutiaux, 1916),comb. n.,Alaolacon candezeiFleutiaux, 1928,Alaolacon cyanipennisCandèze, 1865,Alaolacon fujiokaisp. n.,Alaolacon griseusCandèze, 1874,Alaolacon megalopussp. n.,Alaolacon murrayi(Candèze, 1874),comb. n., andAlaolacon philippinensisnom. n.This genus is redescribed based on the descriptions of three species,Alaolacon candezei,Alaolacon fujiokai, andAlaolacon megalopusas well as the examination of the holotypes ofAlaolacon cyanipennisandAlaolacon murrayicomb. n. Males of the genusAlaolaconexhibit 12-segmented and biflabellate antennae, and the females exhibit 11-segmented and subpectinate antennae. A key to species is provided.
Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.
Kôichi
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Arimoto
Tedukayama Nishi 3-4-21, Osaka, 812-0053 Japan.
Hisayuki
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Arimoto
Eumaeus; Hemirhipini; Luzonicus; Oriental region; Tharopsides; new species; replacement name; taxonomy