Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779)

(Fig. 6)

Elater punctatus Herbst, 1779: 316 .

Elater carbonarius Schrank, 1781: 184 .

Elater pulverulentus Panzer, 1795: 235 .

Elater atomarius Fabricius, 1798: 139 .

Material examined. “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Bcharre env., 1 km E Ariz, Horsh Arz el-Rab, ancient Cedrus forest,, larva, 34°14’33”N, 36°2’59”E, 1900 m, 27.V.2015, leg. M. Boustani, A. Márkus, T. Németh & M. Rehayem” (1, HNHM); “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Ehden, Horsh Ehden Natural Reserve, from beneath bark of Cedrus, 34°18’33”N, 35°59’14”E, 1525 m, 21.V.2015, leg. M. Boustani, A. Márkus & T. Németh ” (elytra, HNHM) . “ Taanayel, Beqa valley, IV.2016., leg. Nabil Nemer ” (1, PCNN) ; “ LEBANON, Northern gov., Tannourine El Tahta, macchia, beaten & netted from canopy, 34°12’46.84”N, 35°52’26.40”E, 960 m, 10.V.2017, leg. A. Kotán, T. Németh & C. Tanios (No. 52)” (1, HNHM) ; “ LEBANON, Mount Lebanon Range, Arsoun, Pinus forest, swept & beaten, 33°51’8.03”N, 35°41’44.36”E, 7.V.2017, leg. A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh (No. 42)” (3, HNHM) ; same but from Tomicus pheromone trap, X.2016, leg. N. Nemer (No. 42/d)” (4, HNHM) .

Distribution. E: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Central European territory of Russia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, South European territory of Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine (Cate 2007), Albania (Pedroni & Platia 2010, Kovács & Merkl 2013) Macedonia (Kovács et al. 2014). A: Cyprus, Jordan, Syria, Turkey (Cate 2007) Pakistan (Akhter et al. 2012), Iran (Mardjanyan et al 2014. N: Morocco (Cate 2007), Algeria, Tunesia (Platia 2014). New for Lebanon.