Genus Kleidotoma Westwood

Kleidotoma Westwood, 1833, Mag. Nat. Hist. 6:494.—Weld, 1952, Cyni­ poidea 1905-1950,205.

Type: Kleidotoma psilöides Westwood, monobasic.

Antenna of female 13-segmented, with 3- to 7-segmented club or without club; segment 3 longer than 4. Antenna of male 15-segmented. Pronotal plate rectangular or semicircular, not emarginate on dorsal margin. Scutellar disc striate, scutellar cup narrow and ovate; lateral bar smooth. Wing hyaline, pubescent, ciliate at margin, radial cell open; forewing of female hollowed or emarginate at distal end; males often with rounded distal end. Tergite 2 with hairy ring.

This genus is known from Europe, Africa, North America, Cuba, Philippines, Australia, Japan, Java, and Polynesia.