Dicronychus merkli ( Pic, 1910 )

Németh, Tamás, 2019, Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 127-159 : 136

Dicronychus merkli ( Pic, 1910)

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Cardiophorus merkli Pic, 1910: 50 .

Material examined. “ LEBANON, Northern gov.,Tannourine env., 2 km N Harissa, Tannourine Cedars Nat. Reserve, canopy netting, 34°12’34”N, 35°55’45”E, 1750 m, 21.VI.2016, leg. P. Nemes & T. Németh ” (1, HNHM) ; “LEBA- NON, Northern gov., Bcharre env., 1 km E Ariz, Horsh Arz el-Rab, ancient Cedrus forest, singled, 34°14’33”N, 36°2’59”E, 1900 m, 20.VI.2016, leg. M. Boustani, A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh ” (1, HNHM)

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Distribution. E: Turkey. A: Cyprus, Turkey ( Cate 2007), Syria (Platia 2011). New for Lebanon.

Figures

FIGURES 46–57. Habitus. 46—Cardiophorus tenellus Reiche et Saulcy, 1857; 47—Cardiophorus vestigialis Erichson, 1840; 48—Cardiophorus sp.; 49—Dicronychus merkli (Pic, 1910); 50—Elathous syriacus Schwarz, 1903; 51—Nothodes parvulus (Panzer, 1799); 52—Agriotes nigricans Platia & Gudenzi, 1997; 53—Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891; 54—Agriotes strigosus Kiesenwetter, 1858; 55—Ampedus phoenicium Platia, 2001; 56—Ampedus sp.; 57—Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792). Scale bars=1.0 mm.