Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961

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Genus Careopalpis Marikovskij, 1961

Careopalpis is an Old World genus of the tribe Lasiopterini , currently comprising 14 species, all associated with Chenopodiaceae in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Adults are small, stout, and very uniform morphologically. The female ovipositor is characterized by a ventrally curved aculeus, a fusiform apical lamella, and a lateral plate bearing relatively long and curved setae. The ovipositor is shorter than in the related genus Baldratia , the number of antennal flagellomeres rarely deviates from 10 in both sexes, and flagellomeres are never fused. Palpus is one-segmented. Larvae do not have a spatula.