Thoracophorini

Thoracophorini View in CoL sens. nov.

( Thoracophorini of authors, minus Glyptomina )

Diagnosis:

Adult: Mandibles each with a glandular invagination near middle of ventral side ( Newton 1990: Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 , arrow). Gular sutures present and contiguous medially, occupying at least posterior half of venter of head ( Newton 1990: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ). Protibia with at least a few stout setae (spines) externally near apex. Abdominal sternite VIII produced dorsally in front of tergite VIII and fused medially with tergite ( Newton 1990: Fig. 23) or normal, ventral only. Ovipositor present only as a single sclerite on each side ( Newton 1990: Fig. 18, arrow).

Larva: Stemmata present, 4 or 3 on each side, or absent. Mandibles generally longer and more slender, more than one-third as long as head width, approximately symmetrical, with 2-4 subapical teeth but without subapical excavation or grooves. Urogomphus slender, with acute apex bearing a macroseta, without apical tympaniform sensillum or internal invagination. See, e.g., Paulian (1941), Boháč (1978), Burakowski & Newton (1992).

Genera (species) included: 29 genera (640 species) placed currently in the subtribes Clavilispinina , Lispinina and Thoracophorina , or unassigned to subtribe († Paleosorius Ortega-Blanco, Chatzimanolis & Engel from Indian Eocene amber), as listed in Newton (2025).