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Lacon

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Lacon was named by Laporte (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Adelocerini by Barsevskis (2005); and to Agrypnini by Wappler (2003), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Kundrata et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Lacon Laporte
2003Lacon Wappler
2005Lacon Barsevskis p. 9
2011Lacon Bouchard et al. p. 307
2021Lacon Kundrata et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyAgrypninae()
tribeAgrypnini
genusLaconLaporte 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lacon Laporte 1838
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Lacon fasciatus Linnaeus 1758
Lacon granulatus Heer 1847
Lacon jungi Piton 1940
Lacon primordialis Heer 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available