Genus Aphoebantus Loew

Aphoebantus Loew, 1872: 77 . Type species: Aphoebantus cervinus Loew, 1877 .

Triodites Osten Sacken, 1877: 245 . Type species: Triodites mus Osten Sacken, 1877 .

Meganedys Hull, 1973: 322 (as subgenus of Aphoebantus Loew). Type species: Aphoebantus petiolata Hull, 1973 .

Diagnosis: This genus is characterized by the incomplete interradial crossvein, i.e. with only 2 submarginal cells, and by only two flagellomeres in the antennae; aedeagus conical and gonocoxae evenly tapered from a broad base.