II. Subfamily Conganteoninae Olmi, 1984

Conganteoninae Olmi 1984: 96; Olmi 1995a: 20, 25; He & Xu 2002: 88.

Type genus. Conganteon Benoit, 1951, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Female: fully winged (Plates 13A, B, 16A, B); occipital carina complete; mandibles quadridentate, with one intermediate rudimentary tooth (Plate 3E); ocelli present; antenna without rhinaria; palpal formula 5/3 or 6/3; pronotal tubercles present; fore wing with two cells enclosed by pigmented veins (costal and median) (Plates 13A, B, 16A, B); fore wing with stigmal vein and pterostigma (Plates 13A, B, 16A, B); protarsus chelate (Plates 13A, B, 16A, B); chela with rudimentary claw (Plates 13C, 14A, 16C); tibial spurs 1/1/2. Male: fully winged (Plates 12E, 15B, C); occipital carina complete; mandible quadridentate, with one intermediate rudimentary tooth (Plate 3E); palpal formula 5/3 or 6/3; fore wing with two cells enclosed by pigmented veins (costal and median) (Plates 12E, 15B, C); fore wing with stigmal vein and pterostigma (Plates 12E, 15B, C); basivolsella completely situated down distivolsella (Plates 14B, 14D, E); tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Distribution. Present in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions.

Hosts. Unknown.

World species. Fifteen species are known, seven in the Oriental region.

World genera. Two genera are known, both in the Oriental region.

Key to the genera

Females and males

1. Distal part of stigmal vein as long as, or shorter than proximal part (Plates 15B, C, 16A, B), rarely slightly longer than proximal part..............................................................................2. Fiorianteon Olmi

- Distal part of stigmal vein much longer than proximal part (Plate 12E)........................... 1. Conganteon Olmi