Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

Otto, Robert L., 2017, Descriptions of six new species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae), with new identification keys for one tribe and two genera, Insecta Mundi 2017 (558), pp. 1-19 : 4

Genus Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

Diversity and Distribution. More than 200 species of Dromaeolus are presently assigned to the genus. Many species are distributed largely in the tropical and subtropical regions around the globe. The greatest diversity of the group is concentrated in African, Indo-Malaysian and Neotropical regions. Nine species are distributed in the Palearctic region. Nine species are also known in the Nearctic region.

Diagnosis. Macraulacini , with apical margin of frontolclypeal region feebly trilobed and more than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; well-developed basally open or basally closed lateral antennal grooves present; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple with basal sex combs; metathoracic coxal plates medially 1.2–2.5 times wider than laterally; last visible ventrite either rounded or truncated; tarsal claws simple; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae either with setae and transverse rows of spine combs or setae and irregularly placed spines; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed, with laterally attached secondary lateral lobes; median lobe simple, with moderately and narrowly bifurcate apices; lateral lobes simple, entire; flagellum simple.