Subgenus Aspilota Foerster, 1863, sensu stricto

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Aspilota Foerster, 1863: 268; Shenefelt 1974: 966; Wharton 1980: 84; van Achterberg 1988: 9; Chen and Wu 1994: 49; Belokobylskij 1998 a: 218; Wharton 2002: 34; Yu et al. 2016.

Dipiesta Foerster, 1863: 265.

Type species.

Alysia ruficornis Nees von Esenbeck, 1834, by monotypy.

Material examined.

Numerous species from the Palaearctic, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions were reviewed (e. g., Peris-Felipo and Belokobylskj 2014; Peris-Felipo et al. 2016 a, 2016 b, 2016 c, 2016 d).

Remarks.

This largest and easily recognised subgenus includes most of Aspilota species. Pterusa ruficollis (Stelfox & Graham, 1950) is returned to Aspilota as A. ruficollis Stelfox & Graham, 1950, comb. nov. after the revision of type because the paraclypeal fovea are wide and reaching the inner margin of the eyes. Its new generic position is also supported by Fischer’s re-description of the species (Fischer 1972: 436).