. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. LOWER JURASSIC INSECTS OF DORSET 165 Genus ELA TEROPHANES Handlirsch, 1906 Type species. Elater vetustus Brodie 1845, here designated. Lias, Diagnosis. Prothorax about as broad as long, with elongate posterior corners. Discussion. Handlirsch (1906: 436) proposed Elaterophanes for two species, both based on specimens from the Lower Lias of Apperley, Gloucestershire, and illustrated by Brodie (1845: pi. vii, figs 1 & 2). Brodie (1845: 10) named one specimen (pi. vii, fig. 1) as Elater vetustus but left the second specimen un-n
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. LOWER JURASSIC INSECTS OF DORSET 165 Genus ELA TEROPHANES Handlirsch, 1906 Type species. Elater vetustus Brodie 1845, here designated. Lias, Diagnosis. Prothorax about as broad as long, with elongate posterior corners. Discussion. Handlirsch (1906: 436) proposed Elaterophanes for two species, both based on specimens from the Lower Lias of Apperley, Gloucestershire, and illustrated by Brodie (1845: pi. vii, figs 1 & 2). Brodie (1845: 10) named one specimen (pi. vii, fig. 1) as Elater vetustus but left the second specimen un-named in the family Elateridae. Giebel (1856) named this second specimen Elater socius, and Handlirsch transferred both species to Elaterophanes (1906: 436). Examination of both Brodie's original specimens indicates that E. socius Giebel should be regarded as a junior synonym of E. vetustus Brodie. Dolin (1975) mentioned that the systematic position of Elaterophanes had not been elucidated. Examination of the type specimen of E. vetustus and a study of Dolin's key to the Elateridae (1975: 475) suggests that this genus would fit in the tribe Hypnomorphini. The femoral plates on the hind coxae do not have an extra long side, as in the Desmatini, and the prosternal suture looks closed along its length. Elaterophanes regius sp. nov. Figs 61-62 Diagnosis. As genus, but smaller than type species and with lateral thoracic margins curved, not straight. Name. 'Kingly'. Description. Head small in proportion to thorax. Prothorax rounded anteriorly. Elytra not visible. Base of coxae visible; peg-like process at base of prothorax and probable cavity faintly. 61 b j#* A k. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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