Lacon punctatus ( Herbst, 1779 )

Németh, Tamás, 2019, Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 127-159 : 130-131

Lacon punctatus ( Herbst, 1779)

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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.

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FIGURES 1–12. Habitus. 1—Adelocera pygmaeus (Baudi di Selve, 1871); 2—Drilus bicolor Schaufuss, 1867; 3—Drilus rectus Schaufuss, 1867; 4—Lacon drusus (Marseul, 1870); 5—Lacon ganglbaueri (Schwarz, 1894); 6—Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779); 7—Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790); 8—Lanelater judaicus (Reiche & Sulcy, 1857); 9—Cardiophorus convexithorax Desbrochers des Loges, 1869; 10—Cardiophorus kindermanni Candèze, 1860; 11—Cardiophorus maculicollis Reiche et Saulcy, 1857; 12—Cardiophorus syriacus (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bars=1.0 mm (Figs 1–5, 7, 9–12), 5.0 mm (Figs 6, 8).