Phlegon Laporte, 1840

Otto, Robert L., 2017, A revision of Phlegoninae (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species, Insecta Mundi 2017 (569), pp. 1-27 : 2-3

Genus Phlegon Laporte, 1840

Diversity and Distribution. Phlegon is a small, primitive genus consisting of five species distributed primarily in the Neotropical region. Two species are widespread across a number of South American countries. The remaining three species are believed to be endemic to their respective countries.

Diagnosis. Form stout, oblong, elongate; scape without lateral spine; apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and more than twice as wide as base; protibiae with two apical spurs, laterally without clusters of apical spine combs or transverse rows of spine combs along edge; metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally; last visible ventrite rounded caudally; aedeagus bulbous, dorsoventrally compressed, without secondary lateral lobes; median lobe simple, with moderately and narrowly bifurcate apices; lateral lobes simple, entire, flagellum simple.