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

Lacon mekrani (Candèze, 1889)

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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.

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).