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.