Xyela rasnitsyni group

Diagnosis. Ovipositor sheath very long (3.0– 3.3 mm), fore wing 1.20–1.25 times longer than ovipositor (Fig. 104); valvula 3 compressed in cross-section, with acicular tip, without defined sensilla field; harpes longer than wide; medial lobe of penis valve strongly asymmetrical, inclined toward base of valviceps (Fig. 140).

Species included. Xyela rasnitsyni in the East Palearctic.