Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889)

Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5270 (2), pp. 281-305 : 288

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Adelocera mekrani Candèze, 1889: 71 .

Lacon mekrani : attributed to Fleutiaux (1926: 93) by Hayek (1979: 198) [although not explicitly mentioned in Fleutiaux (1926)].

Lacon kurukshetrensis Vats & Kashyap, 1992c: 14 ; synonymized by Prosvirov (2016: 290).

Lacon makrani: Akhter et al., 2014: 114 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage].

Distribution. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan ( Cate 2007, Platia & Németh 2011, Platia 2015 a, Platia & Ghahari 2016, Prosvirov 2016).

Literature. Cate (2007: 101): catalogue; Platia & Németh (2011: 69): distributional remark; Akhter et al. (2014: 114): remark [as L. makrani ; sic!]; Platia (2015a: 5): first record of L. kurukshetrensis from Pakistan, figures of male habitus and genitalia; Platia & Ghahari (2016: 242): distributional remark; Prosvirov (2016: 290): synonymy, distribution.

References

Akhter, M. A., Kabalak, M., Rizvi, S. A. & Ahmed, Z. (2014) Contributions to Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) fauna of Pakistan with four new species and three new records. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, 38 (2), 113 - 123.

Cate, P. C. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: L ˆ bl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea Derodontoidea Bostrichoidea Lymexyloidea Cleroidea Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.

Fleutiaux, E. (1926) Remarques et observations sur le catalogue des Elateridae, 1 re partie, de M. S. Schenkling [Coleopterorum Catalogus de W. Junk, fascicule 80, mai 1925]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, XCV, 91 - 112.

Hayek von, C. M. F. (1979) Additions and corrections to ʻA reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) ʼ. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 38 (5), 183 - 261.

Platia, G. & Nemeth, T. (2011) On some Palaearctic click beetles deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 103, 65 - 106.

Platia, G. (2015 a) New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011 - 2012 (Coleoptera). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 13, 3 - 52.

Platia, G. & Ghahari, H. (2016) An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 4137 (2), 239 - 275. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4137.2.6

Prosvirov, A. S. (2016) New and little-known species of the genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Afghanistan and adjacent countries. Zootaxa, 4168 (2), 279 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4168.2.3

Vats, L. K. & Kashyap, S. L. (1992 c) Four new species of Lacon Castelnau from North India (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Entomological Research, 16 (1), 13 - 19.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of Agrypninae from Pakistan. A. Adelocera sabatinellii Platia, 2015 (male); B. Agrypnus argentosquamus Vats & Kashyap, 1992 (male); C. Compsolacon triticumunis (Vats & Kashyap, 1992) (female); D. Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889) (female). Scale bars = 2.0 mm (A), 3.0 mm (B, C, D).