Fornax Laporte, 1835

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 : 2

Genus Fornax Laporte, 1835

Diversity and Distribution. More than 300 species of Fornax are presently assigned to the group. 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, Neotropical and Oceanic regions. Six species are distributed in the Far East region of the Palearctic region, including Japan. Several species are known in the Nearctic region.

Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and more than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; well-developed basally open lateral antennal grooves present; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple, with basal sex combs; metathoracic coxal plates medially more than 6.0 times wider than laterally; elytral epipleurae basally grooved or evenly punctate; last visible ventrite either strongly produced, rounded or truncated; tarsal claws basally toothed; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae with setae and transverse rows of spine combs; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed, without secondary lateral lobes; median lob simple, with moderately and narrowly bifurcate apices; lateral lobes simple, entire, flagellum simple.