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.
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This species was originally described from “Beloutchistan” [
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,
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] and later recorded from
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and
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(
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;
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Cate
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D837FFA5FC916837FCF8B152" box="[802,859,1801,1825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="290">et al.</emphasis>
2002
</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D837FFA5FF746810FE18B135" bold="true" box="[199,443,1837,1862]" pageId="11" pageNumber="290">Systematic remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D837FFA5FE706813FD9DB136" box="[451,574,1837,1861]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="290">L. mekrani</emphasis>
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is evidently a rather variable species. The female specimen from
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at my disposal is nearly identical to the
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stored in the collection of the Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de
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,
<collectingRegion id="49F2F809D837FFA5FEBE6848FECFB1FD" box="[269,364,1909,1934]" country="Belgium" name="Region de Bruxelles-Capitale" pageId="11" pageNumber="290">Brussels</collectingRegion>
(
<figureCitation id="130D2A6ED837FFA5FECD6848FDAEB1FD" box="[382,525,1909,1934]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 39" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1849,1872]" captionTargetBox="[170,1431,209,1812]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1435,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 34 39. Habitus of Lacon species, dorsal view. 34. L. mekrani, lectotype, male (Pakistan, photo by C. Locatelli, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique). 35. L. mekrani, male (12.2 mm; Iran). 36. L. mekrani, male (12.9 mm; Afghanistan). 37. L. mekrani, female (14.4 mm; Afghanistan). 38. L. modestus, male (11 mm; eastern India). 39. L. modestus, female (12.2 mm; western India). Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263291/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="290">Figs. 34, 35</figureCitation>
). Both specimens have rather small, dark reddish brown bodies (the
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, male, is
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long and
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wide, according to the description; the female specimen from
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is
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long and
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wide). The specimens from
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have larger bodies (the male is
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long and
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wide; the female is
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long and
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wide); their color is on average darker, the carina of the hind angles is less apparent (
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; see also
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). Other characters are quite similar and I have no doubts that all these specimens belong to the same species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FF246804FEF5B13C" bold="true" box="[151,342,1849,1872]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">FIGURES 3439.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FE676806FDB0B123" box="[468,531,1851,1872]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">Lacon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FD486807FCB9B13C" bold="true" box="[763,794,1850,1871]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">34.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FC906806FC37B13C" box="[803,916,1850,1872]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FC906806FC37B13C" box="[803,916,1850,1872]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype, male (Pakistan, photo by C. Locatelli, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FD016864FD71B11D" bold="true" box="[690,722,1881,1902]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">35.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FD686867FCEFB11D" box="[731,844,1881,1903]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FD686867FCEFB11D" box="[731,844,1881,1903]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male (12.2 mm; Iran).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FBFF6864FBCFB11D" bold="true" box="[1100,1132,1881,1902]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">36.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FBC66867FB45B11D" box="[1141,1254,1881,1903]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FBC66867FB45B11D" box="[1141,1254,1881,1903]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male (12.9 mm; Afghanistan).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FE9B684AFEEBB1FF" bold="true" box="[296,328,1911,1932]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">37.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FEFC6845FE1DB1FE" box="[335,446,1912,1933]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FEFC6845FE1DB1FE" box="[335,446,1912,1933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female (14.4 mm; Afghanistan).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FCAA684AFC9AB1FF" bold="true" box="[793,825,1911,1932]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">38.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FCF36845FC1AB1FE" box="[832,953,1912,1933]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FCF36845FC1AB1FE" box="[832,953,1912,1933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male (11 mm; eastern India).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FB46684AFAB6B1FF" bold="true" box="[1269,1301,1911,1932]" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">39.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D830FFA2FAAF6845FA36B1FE" box="[1308,1429,1912,1933]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="291" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D830FFA2FAAF6845FA36B1FE" box="[1308,1429,1912,1933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="291">L. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female (12.2 mm; western India). Not to scale.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936EBD831FFA3FF246856FA8CB1CC" blockId="13.[151,1437,1899,1983]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FF246856FEF7B1F3" bold="true" box="[151,340,1899,1922]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">FIGURES 4046.</emphasis>
Genitalia of
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FE6A6851FDBBB1F2" box="[473,536,1900,1921]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">Lacon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species: aedeagus, ventral view (Figs. 40, 41); ovipositor, ventral view (Fig. 42); part of female genital tract, general view (Figs. 4346).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FD2D68B7FD1DB1EC" bold="true" box="[670,702,1930,1951]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">40.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FD7B68B6FC9AB1EC" box="[712,825,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">L. mekrani</emphasis>
(Afghanistan)
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FC5368B7FBA3B1EC" bold="true" box="[992,1024,1930,1951]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">41.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D831FFA3FBB968B6FB25B1EC" box="[1034,1158,1930,1952]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="292" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FBB968B6FB25B1EC" box="[1034,1158,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">L. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(eastern India).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FA8B68B7FADDB1EC" bold="true" box="[1336,1406,1930,1951]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">4244.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D831FFA3FA3468B6FF49B1CD" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="292" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FA3468B6FF49B1CD" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Iran; in Fig. 44 viewed from underside).
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FD266894FD16B1CD" bold="true" box="[661,693,1961,1982]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">45.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FD086897FCB5B1CD" box="[699,790,1961,1983]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">L. nadaii</emphasis>
(Iran)
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FCD06894FC20B1CD" bold="true" box="[867,899,1961,1982]" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">46.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D831FFA3FC3A6897FBA1B1CD" box="[905,1026,1961,1983]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="292" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D831FFA3FC3A6897FBA1B1CD" box="[905,1026,1961,1983]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="292">L. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(western India). Not to scale.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C32C6560D832FFA0FF746E38FB36B246" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8B8936EBD832FFA0FF746E38FF60B7A3" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,1077]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FF746E38FE6BB76F" box="[199,456,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Lacon kurukshetrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was briefly described from one female from North
<collectingCountry id="F321767BD832FFA0FBF16E39FBDDB76E" box="[1090,1150,260,285]" name="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">India</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F2F809D832FFA0FB3C6E38FB4DB76E" box="[1167,1262,261,285]" country="India" name="Haryana" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Haryana</collectingRegion>
State (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FAF46E39FEE2B733" author="Vats" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Vats, L. K. &amp; Kashyap, S. L. (1992) Four new species of Lacon Castelnau from North India (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Entomological Research, 16 (1), 13 - 19." type="journal article" year="1992">Vats &amp; Kashyap 1992</bibRefCitation>
). The description and provided photograph of the specimen almost completely agree with the diagnosis of
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FE996E70FE05B717" box="[298,422,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FE996E70FE05B717" box="[298,422,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so I conclude that
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FD386E70FC2AB717" box="[651,905,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Lacon kurukshetrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FAA96E70FA36B717" box="[1306,1429,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This species was recently recorded from North
<collectingCountry id="F321767BD832FFA0FD146E52FCA5B7FB" box="[679,774,367,392]" name="Pakistan" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
(
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); photographs of the habitus and aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FF246EA8FEC0B7DF" box="[151,355,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. kurukshetrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given in this article are also identical to those of
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FC396EA8FBA7B7DF" box="[906,1028,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. mekrani</emphasis>
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(specimens from
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) (
<figureCitation id="130D2A6ED832FFA0FADD6EA9FF14B7A3" captionStart="FIGURES 40 46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[204,1361,207,1854]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1435,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 40 46. Genitalia of Lacon species: aedeagus, ventral view (Figs. 40, 41); ovipositor, ventral view (Fig. 42); part of female genital tract, general view (Figs. 43 46). 40. L. mekrani (Afghanistan). 41. L. modestus (eastern India). 42 44. L. mekrani (Iran; in Fig. 44 viewed from underside). 45. L. nadaii (Iran). 46. L. modestus (western India). Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263292/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B8936EBD832FFA0FF746EE0FB61B567" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,1077]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FF746EE0FED1B787" box="[199,370,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FF746EE0FED1B787" box="[199,370,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Lacon mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FDD06EE0FD48B787" box="[611,747,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. modestus</emphasis>
(Boisduval, 1835)
</taxonomicName>
, which is rather widely distributed in the East Palaearctic and the Oriental region and also found in other zoogeographical regions (
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Cate
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FB616D3CFAAFB46B" box="[1234,1292,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FAEF6EC2FF7CB44E" author="Platia" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Platia, G. (2015 a) New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011 - 201 2 (Coleoptera). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 13, 3 - 52." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="a">Platia 2015a</bibRefCitation>
), but the latter has a distinctly broader, more convex, and shorter body, different position of the carina of the pronotal hind angle, distinct carina-like oblique eminences lateral of the scutellum, while
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FB026D74FA8DB413" box="[1201,1326,584,608]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mekrani">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FB026D74FA8DB413" box="[1201,1326,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has such eminences rather obsolete, and a different shape of the aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="130D2A6ED832FFA0FC3A6D51FBB7B4F7" box="[905,1044,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 39" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1849,1872]" captionTargetBox="[170,1431,209,1812]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1435,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 34 39. Habitus of Lacon species, dorsal view. 34. L. mekrani, lectotype, male (Pakistan, photo by C. Locatelli, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique). 35. L. mekrani, male (12.2 mm; Iran). 36. L. mekrani, male (12.9 mm; Afghanistan). 37. L. mekrani, female (14.4 mm; Afghanistan). 38. L. modestus, male (11 mm; eastern India). 39. L. modestus, female (12.2 mm; western India). Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263291/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Figs. 38, 39</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="130D2A6ED832FFA0FB916D51FBE2B4F7" box="[1058,1089,620,644]" captionStart="FIGURES 40 46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[204,1361,207,1854]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1435,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 40 46. Genitalia of Lacon species: aedeagus, ventral view (Figs. 40, 41); ovipositor, ventral view (Fig. 42); part of female genital tract, general view (Figs. 43 46). 40. L. mekrani (Afghanistan). 41. L. modestus (eastern India). 42 44. L. mekrani (Iran; in Fig. 44 viewed from underside). 45. L. nadaii (Iran). 46. L. modestus (western India). Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263292/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">41</figureCitation>
). The female genitalia of both species are quite similar and share quite an unusual trait (
<figureCitation id="130D2A6ED832FFA0FCA76DB2FC3DB4DB" box="[788,926,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 40 46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[204,1361,207,1854]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1435,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 40 46. Genitalia of Lacon species: aedeagus, ventral view (Figs. 40, 41); ovipositor, ventral view (Fig. 42); part of female genital tract, general view (Figs. 43 46). 40. L. mekrani (Afghanistan). 41. L. modestus (eastern India). 42 44. L. mekrani (Iran; in Fig. 44 viewed from underside). 45. L. nadaii (Iran). 46. L. modestus (western India). Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263292/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">Figs. 43, 46</figureCitation>
): the shape of one of the lateral long spines of the large plate inside the bursa copulatrix. This spine has a forked apex, while the other long spines are simply pointed at the apex. A similar structure of the female genitalia is also found in
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FB966DE4FA3FB483" authority="Platia &amp; Nemeth, 2011" authorityName="Platia &amp; Nemeth" authorityYear="2011" box="[1061,1436,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nadaii">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FB966DE4FB2FB483" box="[1061,1164,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. nadaii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(
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), but this species has markedly different external morphology (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936EBD832FFA0FF746C1DFB36B246" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,1077]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">
In general appearance
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FE636C1CFDEDB54B" box="[464,590,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. mekrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FD3F6C1CFCB5B54B" box="[652,790,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also similar to several other species from the East Palaearctic and Oriental region:
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FDBA6C78FCEDB52F" authority="Candeze, 1874" authorityName="Candeze" authorityYear="1874" box="[521,846,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wallacei">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FDBA6C78FD24B52F" box="[521,647,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. wallacei</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FD2B6C79FCE5B52F" author="Candeze" box="[664,838,836,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1874) Revision de la Monographie des Elaterides. 1 fascicule. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Science de Liege, 2 (4), I - VIII, 1 - 218. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 47120" type="journal article" year="1874">Candèze, 1874</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FCE86C78FB33B52F" authority="Candeze, 1878" authorityName="Candeze" authorityYear="1878" box="[859,1168,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinctus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FCE86C78FC68B52F" box="[859,971,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. cinctus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FC686C79FB2BB52F" author="Candeze" box="[987,1160,836,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1878) Elaterides nouveaux. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-Rendus), 21. P. LI-LXI, LXXV- LXXXV, CXXXV-CXLIII, CLXI-CLXXII, CLXXXIX-CXCIX." type="book chapter" year="1878">Candèze, 1878</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FB2E6C78FF79B5F3" authority="Candeze, 1892" authorityName="Candeze" authorityYear="1892" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cognatus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FB2E6C78FA81B52F" box="[1181,1314,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. cognatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FA806C79FF70B5F3" author="Candeze" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1892) Elaterides recueillis par M. Modigliani dans l'ile d'Engano, en Mai et Juin 1891. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 2 a, 12 (32), 795 - 800." type="journal article" year="1892">Candèze, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FF5E6C54FDE8B5F3" authority="Fleutiaux, 1918" authorityName="Fleutiaux" authorityYear="1918" box="[237,587,871,896]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cristatus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FF5E6C54FED2B50C" box="[237,369,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. cristatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FE346C5AFDE1B5F3" author="Fleutiaux" box="[391,578,871,896]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1918) Coleopteres Elaterides indochinois de la collection du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue et description des especes nouvelles. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 24 (4), 205 - 236. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19997" type="journal article" year="1918">Fleutiaux, 1918</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FDEE6C54FC65B5F3" authority="Fleutiaux, 1920" authorityName="Fleutiaux" authorityYear="1920" box="[605,966,871,896]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distinctus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FDEE6C54FD4EB5F3" box="[605,749,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. distinctus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FCB16C5AFC1CB5F3" author="Fleutiaux" box="[770,959,871,896]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1920) Les especes indo-chinoises du genre Adelocera Germar [Col. Elateridae]. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 1920, 112 - 115." type="journal article" year="1920">Fleutiaux, 1920</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FC6A6C54FA9EB5F3" authority="Fleutiaux, 1920" authorityName="Fleutiaux" authorityYear="1920" box="[985,1341,871,896]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="expansus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FC6A6C54FBC7B5F3" box="[985,1124,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. expansus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FBCA6C5AFA96B5F3" author="Fleutiaux" box="[1145,1333,871,896]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1920) Les especes indo-chinoises du genre Adelocera Germar [Col. Elateridae]. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 1920, 112 - 115." type="journal article" year="1920">Fleutiaux, 1920</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C364D68D832FFA0FA366C54FDB8B5D7" authority="Vats &amp; Kashyap, 1992" authorityName="Vats &amp; Kashyap" authorityYear="1992" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Lacon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigrofuscus">
<emphasis id="B942EAF9D832FFA0FA366C54FEBAB5D7" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="293">L. nigrofuscus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FEAC6CB0FDB8B5D7" author="Vats" box="[287,539,908,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Vats, L. K. &amp; Kashyap, S. L. (1992) Four new species of Lacon Castelnau from North India (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Entomological Research, 16 (1), 13 - 19." type="journal article" year="1992">Vats &amp; Kashyap, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FD996CB1FD6EB5D7" author="Candeze" box="[554,717,908,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1874) Revision de la Monographie des Elaterides. 1 fascicule. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Science de Liege, 2 (4), I - VIII, 1 - 218. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 47120" type="journal article" year="1874">Candèze 1874</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FD6A6CB1FCB7B5D7" author="Candeze" box="[729,788,908,932]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1878) Elaterides nouveaux. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-Rendus), 21. P. LI-LXI, LXXV- LXXXV, CXXXV-CXLIII, CLXI-CLXXII, CLXXXIX-CXCIX." type="book chapter" year="1878">1878</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FCAC6CB1FCF9B5D7" author="Candeze" box="[799,858,908,932]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Candeze, E. (1892) Elaterides recueillis par M. Modigliani dans l'ile d'Engano, en Mai et Juin 1891. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 2 a, 12 (32), 795 - 800." type="journal article" year="1892">1892</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FCD56CB1FBB2B5D7" author="Fleutiaux" box="[870,1041,908,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1918) Coleopteres Elaterides indochinois de la collection du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue et description des especes nouvelles. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 24 (4), 205 - 236. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19997" type="journal article" year="1918">Fleutiaux 1918</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FBAF6CB1FBF4B5D7" author="Fleutiaux" box="[1052,1111,908,932]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1920) Les especes indo-chinoises du genre Adelocera Germar [Col. Elateridae]. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 1920, 112 - 115." type="journal article" year="1920">1920</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FBD16CB1FB3EB5D7" author="Fleutiaux" box="[1122,1181,908,932]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Fleutiaux, E. (1947) Revision des Elaterides (Coleopteres) de l'Indo-Chine francaise. Premiere partie. Notes d'entomologie Chinoise, 11 (8), 233 - 420." type="journal article" year="1947">1947</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FB1A6CB1FAE7B5D7" author="Binaghi" box="[1193,1348,908,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Binaghi, G. (1941) Revisione dei tipi di E. Candeze delle collezioni del museo di Genova (Col. Elateridae). Nota II. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 73 (8), 118 - 123." type="journal article" year="1941">Binaghi 1941</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B1AD832FFA0FAFC6CB0FE9CB5BB" author="Vats" pageId="14" pageNumber="293" refString="Vats, L. K. &amp; Kashyap, S. L. (1992) Four new species of Lacon Castelnau from North India (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Entomological Research, 16 (1), 13 - 19." type="journal article" year="1992">Vats &amp; Kashyap 1992</bibRefCitation>
). All these species have rather convex, oblong or ellipsoidal bodies and more or less developed carina-like oblique eminences lateral of the scutellum; usually these eminences are covered with setae, which differ in color from the rest of the elytral pubescence. The natural affinities of these little-known taxa probably could be revealed after a detailed morphological study, especially of their male and female genitalia.
</paragraph>
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