Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran

  • Robin Kundrata  Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146 Olomouc
  • Tamás Németh Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross utca 13, H-1088 Budapest
  • Andrea Jarzabek-Müller Anton-Hilz-Straße 42, D-94566 Riedlhütte
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.535
Keywords: distribution, diversity, Elateroidea, Palearctic région, systematics

Abstract

In this study we describe a new species of the click-beetle genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 from the relict Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran. Lacon mertliki sp. nov. is morphologically similar to L. lepidopterus (Panzer, 1801) but differs from the latter in the body coloration and pubescence, the shape of pronotum and scutellar shield, and male and female genitalia. We provide brief data on its ecology as well as an identification key to all Lacon species in Iran. Additionally, we synonymize Lacon nadaii Platia & Németh, 2011 with Lacon unicolor (Candèze, 1874).

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Published
2019-07-05
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Kundrata, R., Németh, T., & Jarzabek-Müller, A. (2019). Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy, (535). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.535
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No. 535 (2019): Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
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