Subfamily Trichocerinae Rondani, 1841

Cross-vein m-cu usually basal to fork of M3+4. The V-shaped transverse suture of the scutum is disrupted medially; meron ranging in size from one-fifth of katepisternum to larger proportion than that. First tarsomere from twice as long to half as long as the second tarsomere; tibial spurs present; tarsal claw operates toward the long axis of the tarsomere. Male aedeagus, parameres and apodemes fused dorsally to form aedeagal complex.