Genus Litoscalpellum Newman & Ross, 1971

Litoscalpellum Newman & Ross, 1971: 108. - Zevina 1978b: 1344. - Liu and Ren 1985: 196. - 2007: 228.

Diagnosis.

Capitulum with 14 plates, mostly not reduced; tergum with straight basal margin or shallow notch; scutum with straight, smooth basal margin; upper latus triangular or elongate, commonly with slightly hollowed-out basal margin, rarely with deep notch; inframedian latus narrow, triangular or quadrilateral, umbo apical; caudal appendages present.

Type species.

Litoscalpellum fissicarinatum Newman & Ross, 1971: 108, pl. XC, text-fig. 55.