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Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran

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Kundrata, Robin, Németh, Tamás, Jarzabek-Müller, Andrea (2019): Description of Lacon mertliki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the Hyrcanian forest ecoregion, with a key to the Lacon species of Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 535: 1-13, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.535

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