Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

Otto, Robert L., 2023, The false click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae) of the Dominican Republic. Part I: A look into the past, Insecta Mundi 2023 (973), pp. 1-23 : 17

Genus Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

Diversity and distribution. Dromaeolus is one of the largest group, consisting of more than 200 species distributed in all regions of the world, except the Antarctica. Muona (1993) listed one un-named species of the group discovered in Baltic amber. A large number of undescribed species have been detected in several regions.

Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal 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; metacoxal 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; aedeagal flagellum simple.