Genus Trichiosomites Brues, 1908

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Trichiosomites Brues, 1908, p. 259

Trichosomites: Abe & Smith, 1991, p. 87, misspelling

Type species. Trichiosomites obliviosus Brues, 1908 .

Emended diagnosis. Distinct from other Abiinae by its very wide pterostigma and second flagellar segment forming the first part of the club.

Remarks. Trichiosomites obliviosus fits well with the Abiinae . Its distinctly segmented club excludes Corynidinae and Pachylostictinae, and widely separated anal cells exclude Cimbicinae . It is the oldest representative of the subfamily.