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

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 o...

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Main Authors:	Robin Kundrata, Tamás Németh, Andrea Jarzabek-Müller
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2019-07-01
Series:	European Journal of Taxonomy
Subjects:	distribution diversity Elateroidea Palearctic région systematics
Online Access:	https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/719

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spelling	doaj-54f17089a6754c0ea124a186f558d4362021-08-24T20:06:24ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732019-07-0153510.5852/ejt.2019.535593Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of IranRobin Kundrata0Tamás Németh1Andrea Jarzabek-Müller2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146 OlomoucHungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross utca 13, H-1088 BudapestAnton-Hilz-Straße 42, D-94566 RiedlhütteIn 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).https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/719distributiondiversityElateroideaPalearctic régionsystematics
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title	Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
title_short	Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
title_full	Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
title_fullStr	Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran
title_sort	description of lacon mertliki sp. nov. (coleoptera: elateridae: agrypninae) from the hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the lacon species of iran
publisher	Consortium of European Natural History Museums
series	European Journal of Taxonomy
issn	2118-9773
publishDate	2019-07-01
description	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).
topic	distribution diversity Elateroidea Palearctic région systematics
url	https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/719
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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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