Genus ATHESAPEUTA Faust, 1894

This genus contains the only Guam representative of the subfamily. Most of the known species of Athesapeuta have been described from India, others are recorded from Africa, Madagascar, China, and the Netherlands Indies. One species has been described from the Philippines, but probably numerous species occur there as well as in the islands to the west, south and east.

The Philippines species has been found of some use in the control of nut grass ( Cyperus rotundus) and has been introduced into Hawaii and Fiji as an aid to the control of that sedge in sugar-cane fields. The new species described here is also a sedge eater.