Balistica Motschulsky, 1861

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Genus Balistica Motschulsky, 1861

Diversity and distribution. Balistica is a small group consisting of eight extant species largely distributed in the Far East region of the Palearctic, Indo-Malayan and Oceanic regions. Muona (1993) described one extinct species in Baltic amber.

Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal region feebly trilobed and more than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; notosternal antennal grooves present; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple, without apical sex combs; metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally; last visible ventrite either rounded or truncated; hypomeral pits near prothoracic coxae deep, well-defined on all sides; tarsal claws simple; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae with setae only.