Genus Fornax Laporte, 1835

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Genus Fornax Laporte, 1835

Fornax Laporte, F.L. (Comte de Castelnau) 1835. Etudes entomologiques, ou descriptions d'insects nouveaux et observations sur la synonymie. Revue Entomologique (Silbermann) 3: 157-179 [172].
Type species:
Fornax ruficollis Laporte, 1835 by monotypy.
Filifornax Fleutiaux, E. 1945. Révision des Eucnémides Africains. L'Abeille, Mémoires d'Entomologie 34: 149-274 [188] [introduced as subgenus].
Type species:
Filifornax leseleuci Fleutiaux, 1945 by original designation.
Monilifornax Fleutiaux, E. 1945. Révision des Eucnémides Africains. L'Abeille, Mémoires d'Entomologie 34: 149-274 [189] [introduced as subgenus].
Type species:
Fornax lambertoni Fleutiaux, 1926 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Muona, J. 1993. Review of the phylogeny, classification and biology of the family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 44: 1-133 [Date published Feb. 1, 1993] [53]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

Schenkling, S. 1928. Melasidae. pp. 1-110 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 96. [35]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED

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