ABSTRACT
Elytra elongate, nearly parallel-sided to ovate, concealing most of, or exposing most of abdomen (Inopeplus); disc convex, flat or slightly concave, with or without raised, longitudinal intervals; punctures indistinct (Inopeplus), scattered, or in distinct striae (Salpinginae); vestiture absent to distinct (Elacatis), mostly adpressed setae with few erect setae; humeri distinct (except Dacoderus), angulate in Aglenus; epipleura very short to distinct to apex, not prolonged inside humeri; scutellum visible, relatively small; mesosternum flat to slightly convex, with median keel in Dacoderus, anteriorly broadly rounded to truncate; mesepisterna widely separated; mesosternal process short, triangular to very wide, truncate (especially in Aegialites); mesotrochantin concealed; middle coxae narrowly to widely separated, cavities closed to partly closed by mesepimera; hind wing absent or present, functional; metasternum short (Aegialites) to relatively long, variously convex; anterior margin narrowly to very widely truncate, in contact with mesosternum (suture between meso- and metasternum obliterated in some Inopeplus); legs similar in size and shape on each thoracic segment; femora not, or slightly to moderately swollen near midlength; tibiae slender, relatively straight; tibial spurs small, inconspicuous; tarsi 5-5-4 in both sexes, stout to relatively slender, not lobed or laterally expanded; claw-bearing tarsomere longer than any other, longer than combined length of others in Aegialites; ventral surface of tarsomeres setose, not distinctly adhesive, except long, curled setae in Aegialites; tarsal claws relatively small to large (especially in Aegialites), simple, without teeth.
