1	Antennae thick, articles V-X more or less transverse (Fig. 1a); body narrowly elongate, densely punctate, particularly on abdomen, dorsal surface with fine white pilose pubescence (Fig. 1a); pronotum approximately as broad as maximum width of elytra (Fig. 1a); tergite VIII in both sexes with the basal line (antecostal suture) joining the base of tergite (Figs 1d, g), and not the sides of the disc as in other aleocharines; apical margin of female sternite VIII with row of strong microsetae on its dorsal side (Fig. 1h)	Strigota Casey
–	Antennae in most specimens thin, articles V-X subquadrate or slightly transverse (Figs 2a–8a); body broadly to narrowly elongate, moderately densely punctate, pubescence different (Figs 2a–8a); pronotum often broader than maximum width of elytra; tergite VIII in both sexes with the basal line joining sides of the disc (Figs 2d, g, 3e, i); apical margin of female sternite VIII with less strongly developed apical microsetae (Figs 3j, 4h)	2
2	Antennae very thin and pale, in most specimens contrasting in colour with head, articles V-X subquadrate, transverse to slightly elongate (Figs 3a–8a, e); pronotum broad and shield-shaped, often broader than maximum width of elytra, pubescence moderately dense and directed straight posteriad or obliquely posterolaterad from midline of disc (Figs 3a–8a, e); abdomen gradually narrowed apically and broadly rounded posteriorly; spermatheca with capsule hemispherical or elongate and sac-shaped with usually small apical invagination and short neck, stem thin and regularly or irregularly coiled posteriorly (Figs 3g, h, 4f, 5d–h, 6e–g, 7e, 8f)	Mocyta Mulsant & Rey
–	Antennae normally developed and not appearing very thin, usually not strongly contrasting in colour with head (Fig. 2a); pronotum subquadrate to transverse, approximately as wide as elytra, pubescence usually very dense and directed lateroposteriad from midline of disc (Fig. 2a); abdomen tapering apically and often slightly pointed; spermatheca differently shaped, capsule more or less spherical and extended to elongate neck, stem broader than that in Mocyta, regularly coiled posteriorly and often with swelled apex (Fig. 2f)	Acrotona Thomson