New and little-known species of the genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Afghanistan and adjacent countries Author Prosvirov, Alexander S. text Zootaxa 2016 4168 2 279 296 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.3 ebd41c6e-70a8-42eb-b2e3-ecf4571b0264 1175-5326 263284 8E2898F3-4111-497F-A630-2C06A3C23B31 Lacon funebris (Solsky, 1881) ( Figs. 47–50 ) Material. Afghanistan : 1 male , 1 female. 1 male : “Afghan. Panj riv., Samti , 900 m , 10.5.1971 , Kabakov ” [NE Afghanistan , Takhar Province , Panj River , Samti Town , 900 m , 10 May 1971 , O.N. Kabakov leg.] ( ZISP , OK) ; 1 female : “N. Afghanistan , Baghlan prov., Puli Khumri city env., 600 m . , 10.IV.2008 [ 10 April 2008 ], O.V. Pak , Yu. E. Skrylnik leg.” ( CPM ). This species was known from Iran and Central Asia ( Cate et al. 2007 ) and already was reported from Afghanistan ( Jacobson, 1913 ) but without any exact data. This is the first reliable record of L. funebris for Afghanistan . Systematic remarks. L. funebris is a rather distinctive species of the genus. Externally it is similar to such western Palaearctic species as L. kapleri Platia & Schimmel, 1994 , but the shape of its genitalia is notably different ( Fig. 48–50 ; see also Platia & Schimmel 1994 ). On the other hand, the aedeagus of L. funebris is rather similar to those of L. unicolor ( Candèze, 1874 ) and L. nadaii , but the general appearance and female genitalia of L. funebris are quite different ( Fig. 47 ; see also Platia & Gudenzi 1999 ; Platia & Németh 2011 ). Two other species similar to L. funebris , L. griseus ( Schwarz, 1900 ) and L. incomptus ( Kraatz, 1882 ) , were described from Central Asia ( Heyden & Kraatz 1882 ; Schwarz 1900 ). These species, judging by the original descriptions, seem closely related to L. funebris and probably are no more than morphological forms of this variable species.