Fornax bicolor (Melsheimer, 1844)

Otto, Robert L., 2024, New records for 23 species of Nearctic false click beetles including new country records for Protofarsus convexus (Fisher) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dirhagini), Insecta Mundi 2024 (95), pp. 1-11 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14662335

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8870AE27-8CE8-4B9B-8E6E-4135C695F5FFCMNHC

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87E0-1449-0444-FF3F-3196FB2AFA7D

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scientific name

Fornax bicolor (Melsheimer, 1844)
status

 

Fornax bicolor (Melsheimer, 1844)

In Canada, this rarely encountered eucnemid species was previously recorded from Québec. In the United States, F. bicolor has been taken from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin ( Otto 2020, 2024b). Delaware is confirmed as a new state record. DELAWARE: New Castle County: DELAWARE: New/ Castle Co., 2.9 km SSW/ of Blackbird, 18m / 39.34846, −75.67619 // 30 Jun–13 Jul 2022 / J. Wheeler, LFT // Fornax / bicolor / (Melsheimer)/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (1, CMNH).

Otto RL. 2020. A review of the Nearctic species of Fornax Laporte (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae: Macraulacini) with descriptions of six new species. Insecta Mundi 0818: 1 - 26.

Otto RL. 2024 b. Additional new records for 35 species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) in the Nearctic region. Insecta Mundi 1037: 1 - 16.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Eucnemidae

Genus

Fornax