''Fortagonum'' is a genus in the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. There are more than 20 described species in ''Fortagonum'', found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus ''Fortagonum'': * '' Fortagonum acuticolle'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum antecessor'' Darlington, 1971 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum bigenum'' (Darlington, 1971) (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum bisetosiceps'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum bufo'' Darlington, 1952 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum curtum'' Baehr, 1992 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum cychriceps'' Darlington, 1952 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum denticulatum'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum depressum'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum forceps'' Darlington, 1952 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum formiceps'' Darlington, 1971 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum fortellum'' Darlington, 1952 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum globulipenne'' Baehr, 1997 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum hornabrookianum'' Baehr, 2001 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum insulare'' Baehr, 2001 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum laevigatum'' Baehr, 1997 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum laevissimum'' Baehr, 2001 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum latum'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum longispinum'' Baehr, 2012 (New Guinea and Papua) * '' Fortagonum okapa'' Darlington, 1971 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum oodinum'' Darlington, 1971 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum sinak'' Baehr, 1997 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum skalei'' Baehr, 2008 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum spinipenne'' Baehr, 1997 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum spinosum'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum subconicolle'' (Darlington, 1971) (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum substriatum'' Baehr, 2001 (New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum sulcipenne'' Baehr, 2012 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Fortagonum unipunctatum'' Baehr, 1995 (Indonesia and New Guinea)

References

Platyninae Carabidae genera {{carabidae-stub