Roferta Rolston, 1981

The genus can be recognized by having the median tubercle on the abdominal sternite III short, obtuse, scarcely reaching the metacoxae; the scutellum is strongly convex; the antennal segment I not reaching the apex of the head; the bucculae is arcuate anteriorly, weakly produced caudad of arch, evanescent at base of the head; the first rostral segment lying entirely between the bucculae; the mesosternum mildly tumescent on each side of the meson; the median carina is moderately developed, extending to the full length of the mesosternum; the femora is unarmed, and the paramere has a tubercle on the cephalic margin (Rolston & McDonald 1980).