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Abstract
A new species of the genus Elathous Reitter, 1890 from Lebanon is described and illustrated. Elathous nemeri sp. nov. is similar to other Levantine species, but can be easily recognised from its congeners by its elongated pronotum as well as by the shape of the male genitalia.
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Acknowledgements
This work was possible through the cooperation of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon and The Committee of Cedar Forest Friends, Bcharré. I am very grateful to the following colleagues for the loan of material: M. Geiser (BMNH), S. Blank (SDEI), N. Nemer (Lebanon), and especially G. Platia (Italy) and J. Mertlik (Czech Republic). This study could not have been written without the help and life-long guidance of late Ottó Merkl (HNHM).
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