Golbachia Cobos, 1955

Otto, Robert L., 2018, Descriptions of two new species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from the Bahamas, Insecta Mundi 623, pp. 1-8 : 2

Genus Golbachia Cobos, 1955

Diversity and distribution. Currently, the genus Golbachia consists of only three species. Golbachia impressicollis (Bonvouloir) is a widespread species distributed across the southeastern United States from Texas east to Florida, and north to North Carolina. Golbachia tucumana Cobos is distributed in Argentina and Brazil. Golbachia wrighti (Knull) is a precintive species in Florida, U.S.A. Many Central and South American species currently assigned to Microrhagus Dejean may also belong to this genus.

Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and less than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; notosternal antennal grooves usually present; male protarsomere I with complete sex combs, metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally; elytral epipleurae simple, evenly punctate basally; last visible ventrite either rounded or acute; tarsal claws simple; lateral surfaces of meso- and metatibiae with setae; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed, with indistinct, highly modified secondary lateral lobes; flagellum complex, tubular.

These diagnostic characteristics, especially the apical margin of the frontoclypeal region, will distinguish the group from other genera like Microrhagus Dejean , Entomopthalmus Bonvouloir and Rhagomicrus Fleutiaux within the tribe Dirhagini .