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Aptopus Eschscholtz is a native of the Mexico sonar light trap Huachuca Mountain of south central Arizona. This species has been first time observed from district Khairpur Sindh province of Pakistan from (March 2018 to October 2019), these observation represent first record of this species from Sindh or Pakistan. This description and illustrations are provided for easy identification, they cause significant damage to crops, they are pest species and omnivores feeder, especially on maize crops, potatoes, tomatoes and germinating seeds, weeds and small grasses overall in worldwide, its larva is yellowish to brown in color, from damage use the granules insecticides at planting time will prevent from wireworm, Aptopus opata is a differ from the closely allied species on the basis of genitalial and morphological characteristics body lengthened, dark brown to blackish with densely punctuations, prontal angles lengthened, pointed, scutellum blackish spot like, legs lengthened, aedeagus wider than longer, base broader, lateral lobe parameres slightly bigonal, with have golden hairs, at apex, median lobe parameres, broad at basal, rapidly narrowing apically, hairs like structure view from the ventral aspects.

ResumenSe presenta un inventario de especies de Elateridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateroidea) en la Estación de Biología Chamela, Jalisco, México. La identificación se realizó con base en evidencia morfológica y molecular (ADN mitocondrial del gen citocromo oxidasa subunidad I [COI]). El trabajo de campo se realizó entre 2009 y 2012. Se recolectaron 544 individuos pertenecientes a 46 especies, 25 géneros, 7 subfamilias y 11 tribus; se obtuvieron 106 secuencias de varias de las morfoespecies discriminadas. Treinta y ocho especies fueron discriminadas con información molecular, y se encontraron 10 casos de discordancia entre evidencia molecular y morfológica. La subfamilia Elaterinae presentó la mayor riqueza de especies (18 spp.), seguida de Agrypninae (16 spp.) y Cardiophorinae (6 spp.). Las subfamilias con menor número de especies fueron Cebrioninae (2 spp.), Lissominae (2 spp.), Semiotinae (1 sp.) y Thylacosterninae (1 sp.). Los géneros con mayor riqueza de especies fueron Conoderus (6 spp.), Megapenthes (5 spp.) y Esthesopus (4 spp.). Se obtuvieron 27 nuevos registros de especies para Jalisco, 5 nuevos registros para México y 7 especies potencialmente nuevas para la ciencia. Este estudio resalta la importancia de emplear diferentes fuentes de caracteres para obtener un mejor conocimiento de la riqueza de especies en estudios faunísticos, especialmente en grupos altamente diversos.AbstractA species inventory of Elateridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from the Estación de Biología Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico, is presented. The identification was made based on morphological and molecular evidence (mtDNA gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI)).. Fieldwork was carried out between 2009 and 2012. We obtained 544 individuals belonging to 46 species, 25 genera, 7 subfamilies and 11 tribes, and 106 sequences of several discriminated morphospecies were obtained. Thirty eight species were discriminated with molecular information, finding 10 cases of discordance between molecular and morphological evidence. The subfamily Elaterinae had the highest species richness (18 spp.), followed by Agrypninae (16 spp.) and Cardiophorinae (6 spp.). The subfamilies with lowest number of species were Cebrioninae (2 spp.), Lissominae (2 spp.), Semiotinae (1 sp.) and Thylacosterninae (1 sp.). The genera with the highest number of species were Conoderus (6 spp.), Megaphenthes (5 spp.) and Esthesopus (4 spp. each). Twenty-seven of the species collected represent new records for Jalisco, 5 for Mexico, and 7 more are potentially new to science. This study highlights the importance of employing different character sources to have a better knowledge about the species richness in faunistic studies, especially in groups with high number of species.

The focus of this study was to understand the faunistic composition, ecological properties and zoogeographical composition of Elateridae (Coleoptera) of the Central Anatolian region. 72 species belonging to seven subfamilies and 25 genera were identified. The major part of the Elateridae fauna of the Central Anatolian region is formed by the subfamilies Elaterinae and Cardiophorinae. The genus Cardiophorus was the most species-rich genus. The species composition of the Elateridae fauna of the Central Anatolian region is partially consistent with known Elateridae fauna of Turkey. The Central Anatolian region shares most species with the European part of the Western Palaearctic as does the Elateridae fauna of Turkey. Detailed localities of nine species are given for the first time for Turkey, with emphasis on the Central Anatolian region.