Subgenus Physopelta Amyot & Serville, 1843

Diagnosis. Body large (15.7–21.0 mm) and wide (5.1–7.0 mm). Labium reaching between metacoxae. Antennomere 1 long in both sexes, invariably longer than antennomere 2, as long as or sometimes even longer than pronotum. Sexual dimorphism well expressed, callar lobe strongly gibbose in males (Fig. 13), weakly gibbose in females (Fig. 14). Profemora in males strongly incrassate, ventral surface with longitudinal furrow in its entire length bordered with a number of spines on both sides (Fig. 5). In females profemora distinctly more slender, with fewer spines. Protibia ventrally with a strong anteapical tooth and a row of small denticles along its entire length in males (Figs 5, 15), unarmed in females. Mesofemora of males ventrally with a row of small denticles, these missing in females. Allometry of males exists: the sexually dimorphic characters are much more expressed in some males than in others. Stridulatory organs in form of a large tooth (strigil) on protrochanter, matching a depression on ventral surface of procoxa (plectrum) (Figs 1−2). Peritreme of metathoracic scent glands horizontal, more or less scimitar-shaped with rounded apex, from ostiole directed laterad to slightly posterolaterad (Figs 3−4). Paramere with apex longer and narrower, outer margin basally angulately produced (Figs 8−12).

Included species. There are three species placed in Physopelta s. str., all of them distributed in the Oriental Region. I am not aware of any undescribed species.