Dorypteryx Aaron

Dorypteryx Aaron 1883: 37 . Type species: Dorypteryx pallida Aaron, by original designation.

Dolopteryx Smithers 1958: 113 . Type species: Dolopteryx domestica Smithers, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Head elongated, obliquely produced anteroventrally. Epicranial suture and epicranial arms distinct. Compound eyes small, ocelli absent. Antenna long, sparsely setose, with 24–27 segments. Lacinia distally with four teeth; maxillary palpi with four slender segments, terminal segment widened at tip. Tarsal claw with distinct preapical tooth, pulvillus narrow. Forewing narrow, pointed toward tip, setose on margins and veins; venation rather simple, usually with 3–5 longitudinal veins. Hindwing reduced into a small flap. Male hypandrium broad, laterally more sclerotized than median portion. Male phallosome separated into a pair of parameres, which possess small slightly sclerotized posterior plates and long highly sclerotized anterior bars. Female subgenital plate broad, slightly produced posteriorly. Ovipositor reduced; gonapophyses broadly rounded to narrowly elongated, posterodistal margin with three spinous setae. Female epiproct subtriangular; paraproct broad, posteriorly with a spine, trichobothrial field indistinct.

Distribution. Based on the record of Lienhard & Smithers (2002), the genus is known from Europe, North America, Central America, Africa, and Australia, to which China is now added.