Parascleroderma Kieffer, 1904

Genus Parascleroderma Kieffer, 1904

Ceratepyris Kieffer, 1905: 246 , 285–287. Synonymised by Argaman (1988: 144).

Type species: Parascleroderma fulviceps Kieffer, 1904 , by original designation.

Characteristics of the genus. The following significant morphological characters can be added to the diagnosis by Azevedo et al. (2018b).

Males. Body usually flattened dorsoventrally and elongated, but in some cases robust. Head commonly elongated. Eyes glabrous. Malar space extremely short. Propleuron elongated. Pronotum with modification shaped as of corners (or process) anteriorly or without it, smoothed. Protrochanter elongated. Profemur swollen. Prepectus and notauli distinct. Forewing with intersection veins Rs & M and Sc+ R located far from pterostigma, at distance equal to pterostigma length or longer. Metapectal– propodeal complex from short to long, carinae from faint to distinct. Metatrochanter and metafemur without spines. Sternum VII without deep medi- an notch in its posterior margin (posterior margin straight orslightly incurved and significantly short- er than one-third of sternum width). Hypopygium with long median spiculum and a pair of anteromedial apodemes on sides (short in some cases); posterior margin of hypopygium almost straight or slightly incurved (up to a maximum of half-length of plate without median stalk). Apical part of harpe (paramere) flattened dorsoventrally, lamellar, without angular (or subtriangular) process on medial side, with rounded apex and cowered with setae. Basivolsella well separated from basiparamere, swollen. Cuspis and digitus thin, sometimes sclerotised and elongated (or only its process). Aedeagus from elliptical and subcylindrical to pear-shaped (swollen at base) or bottle-shaped. Apical part of aedeagus entire or noticeably deeply divided.

Females. Flattened dorsoventrally, wingless. Pronotum and metapectal–propodeal complex elongated.