keys to genera 
( based on females ) 
I. IBALIINAE 
Represented by only genus . !BALIA Latreille 
II. MESOOYNI PI NAE 
Represented by only one species in the genus.PARAMBLYNOTUS Cameron 
III. ASPICERINAE 
1. Scutellum ending in a blunt point or sharp spine.. 
Scutellum truncate, emarginate or rounded at apex . 4 
2. Spine of scutellum stout, blunt and in almost the same plane as the disk and 
pits, longitudinally striate. Vertex not incised. . . PARASPICERA Kieffer 
Spine of scutellum tapering to a sharp point and often very long . 5 
% Vertex incised. Hind half of scutellum sloping, the spine long, reaching at 
least to the basal vein. Veins pale. . PROSASPICERA Kieffer 
Vertex not incised. Hind half of scutellum and spine in almost the same 
plane as the pits.ASPICERA Dahlbom 
Pits not reaching back half the length of the scutellum; disk not transversely 
sculptured. Radial cell at least partly closed at base. . OMALASPIS Giraud 
Pits reaching back at least half the length of the scutellum. Disk margined 
at sides, with a median carina, the two broad furrows transversely 
sculptured. Radial cell open at the base.CALLASPIDIA Dahlbom 
IV. ANA CHARI TINAE 
1. Scutellum from above conical, ending in a sharp point. Radial cell closed. 
XYALASPIS Hartig 
Scutellum not ending in a sharp point. 2 
2. Scutellum without pits, disk rugose, petiole long and smooth. $ unknown. 
ACOTHYREUS Ashmead 
Scutellum with two pits at base... 5 
% Petiole smooth, usually longer than hind coxa i.e. reaching beyond its apex. 
ANACHARIS Dalman 
Petiole sculptured, rugose or striate, usually shorter than hind coxa, not 
much longer than broad. AEGILIPS Walker 
V. FIGITINAE 
1. Scutellum ending in (a) a sharp slender spine arising from margined posterior 
border of diak or (b) in a median triangular tooth on upturned rim of the 
posterior margin of the disk. Parapsiddl grooves percureant. 
Tergite II not hairy at the ba3e. .. 2 
Scutellum not ending in a tooth or spine but rounded or truncate behind. . 5 
2. Radial cell open. Disk with a median ridge or shallow groove reaching back 
to base pf spine. Tergite II usually striate ...... NERALSIA Cameron 
Radial cell closed or partly so. Disk rugose, margined, with parallel 
vertical ridges below the rim. Tergite II not usually striate. 
XYALOPHORA Kieffer 
J* Tergite II with a hairy girdle at the base . 4 
Tergite II bare. Petiole sulcate. Radial cell closed. . ... 6 
Scutellum with one large quadrangular depression at the base. Last segment 
of antenna elongated and enlarged. Radial cell of a eharacteristic shape, 
abscissa II of R sharply upturned and almost parallel with the third 
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