Two new flightless species of Lacon Laporte, 1838 from Yunnan, China, with discovery of the female of L. habashanensis Platia et al., 2023 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae)
Abstract
Two new flightless species of Lacon Laporte, 1838 are described from Yunnan, China: L. taotie sp. n. and L. yejiei sp. n. Key to the known species of flightless Lacon from China is also provided. Additional notes on the bionomics and morphology of recently described L. habashanensis Platia, Mertlik et Dušánek, 2023, including characters of previously unknown female, are given.
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