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. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:70BC99EF-FCCD-43A6-ACB5-9CA7A8BC9C21

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Elathous Reitter 的两个新种，1890 年（鞘翅目：Elateridae）来自叙利亚

描述和图示了 1890 年来自叙利亚的 Elathous Reitter 属的两个新物种。Elathous serjillensis sp. n. 在形态上与另一个叙利亚物种 E. ekaterinae Preiss, 2003 相似，不同之处在于头部、前胸和男性生殖器的形状。Elathous transversalis sp。n. 可以很容易地通过其明显宽于长的前胸骨与其同类物区分开来。在黎凡特发现新的 Elathous 物种进一步凸显了该地区作为生物多样性热点的重要性。http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:70BC99EF-FCCD-43A6-ACB5-9CA7A8BC9C21