Plesiofornax Coquerel, 1866

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Genus Plesiofornax Coquerel, 1866

Diversity and distribution. Plesiofornax is a moderately large group distributed in the Neotropical, Africa/ Madagascar and Southeast Asian/Australian regions with 48 species. Of those, four species are present in Southeast Asian/Australian region. Twenty-three species are present in the Neotropical region. The remaining 21 species are largely present on Madagascar, Reunion Islands and Seychelles, along with two species on the African continent. Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and more than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; medially undefined basally open lateral antennal grooves present; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple, with basal sex combs; metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally; last visible ventrite either strongly rounded or emarginate; tarsal claws simple; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae with setae and transverse rows of spine combs; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed, with laterally attached secondary lateral lobes; median lob simple, with moderately and narrowly bifurcate apices; lateral lobes simple, entire, aedeagal flagellum simple.