1	Scutellar foveae confluent (a). Small, rather slender species (b)	Lonchidia
–	Scutellar foveae distinctly separated by a median carina (A, B). Larger, strongly built species	2
2	No distinct scutellar spine (a), outline of scutellum in dorsal view rounded (however there is often a more or less pronounced ridge at the posteriormost point of the circumscutellar carina, which may look like a small tooth in lateral view) (b)	Figites (single species currently recognised: Figites aciculatus)
–	Distinct scutellar spine present, obviously protruding from scutellar outline in dorsal view (A, B)	3
3	Notauli sculptured with small transverse ridges (a). Interfoveal carina depressed, much lower than the level of the foveal edge (b)	Xyalophora
–	Notauli smooth (A). Interfoveal carina as high as the foveal edge (B)	Neralsia (single species known from Africa: Neralsia haddocki)