Lacon funebris Solsky 1881
| Main Author: | Prosvirov, Alexander S. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6070188 |
Daftar Isi:
- 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.
- Published as part of Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2016, New and little-known species of the genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Afghanistan and adjacent countries, pp. 279-296 in Zootaxa 4168 (2) on page 293, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/263284