Idiotarsus Bonvouloir, 1871

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 : 12

Genus Idiotarsus Bonvouloir, 1871

Diversity and distribution. Idiotarsus is a small group consisting of at least 13 extant species, all of which are distributed in the New World, majority of which are found in Central and South America. One species is present in the Nearctic region. A number of misplaced and undescribed species are known for the group from both Central and South America.

Diagnosis. Apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and less than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; hairy excretory pit present at basolateral corner of hypomera; basally closed lateral antennal grooves present; antennae serrate; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple, without apical sex combs; metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally; last visible ventrite produced; tarsal claws simple; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae either with setae and irregularly placed spines or setae and transverse rows of spines; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed, without secondary lateral lobes; median lobe simple, with separate apical median sclerite that is either entire or bifurcate; lateral lobes simple, entire, aedeagal flagellum simple.