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Hexapoda

Two new species of Elathous Reitter, 1890 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Syria

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Pages 167-177 | Received 07 Mar 2020, Accepted 26 Mar 2020, Published online: 22 Apr 2020
 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Elathous Reitter, 1890 from Syria are described and illustrated. Elathous serjillensis sp. n. is morphologically similar to another Syrian species, E. ekaterinae Preiss, 2003, from which it differs by the shapes of head, pronotum and male genitalia. Elathous transversalis sp. n. can easily be distinguished from its congeners by its pronotum which is distinctly wider than long. The discovery of new Elathous species in the Levant further highlights the importance of this region as a biodiversity hotspot.

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Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to the following colleagues for the loan of material: M. Geiser (NHMUK), C. Locatelli, J. Constant (RBINS), S. Blank (SDEI), Giuseppe Platia (Italy), P. C. Cate (Austria), L. Friedman (SMNH), and especially Josef Mertlik (Czech Republic). Miroslav Mikát (Czech Republic) kindly provided us with the photographs of the type locality of E. serjillensis sp. n.

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