Lacon modestus (Boisduval, 1835)

Elater modestus Boisduval, 1835: 108 .

Lacon modestus: Fleutiaux, 1926: 94 .

Lacon carinatus Vats & Kashyap, 1992c: 15; synonymized by Platia (2015a: 5).

For more information, including synonyms, see Hayek (1973, 1979), Cate (2007), and Kundrata et al. (2019b).

Distribution. China + Taiwan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (incl. Socotra Isl.); Afrotropical Region, Australian Region, Neotropical Region, Oriental Region (Cate 2007, Platia 2010 a, Platia 2012, Platia & Akrawi 2013, Akhter et al. 2014, Platia 2015 a, Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017).

Literature. Akhter et al. (2014: 118): first record from Pakistan, figures of male habitus, antenna, and genitalia; Platia (2015a: 5): distributional record from Pakistan, figures of male genitalia; Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017: 34): distributional remark.