Abstract
In this study, we describe a new species of the click-beetle genus Lacon Laporte, 1838 from Cyprus, and provide brief data on its ecology. Lacon cyprius sp. nov. is morphologically similar to L. punctatus (Herbst, 1779) but differs from the latter in the body surface and shapes of median antennomeres, pronotum, male tarsi, and genitalia. This is the first known Lacon species with an elongate projection ventrally on the pro- and mesotarsomere III. Additionally, we provide an identification key to Lacon species in Cyprus.
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