Ortasiceros Wei 1997

Ortasiceros Wei, 1997 Type species: Ortasiceros zhengi Wei, 1997. Body size 4.2–6.1 mm. Right mandible simple, without basal tooth. Labial palps with 3 segments, maxillary palps with 5 segments. Antennae of males bifurcate. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R open; vein Sc present; vein B of fore wing joins vein R well before (longer than vein Sc) junction point of vein M; cell 2A of fore wing obliterate. Cell A of hind wing widely open. Cenchri very large. Fore tibial spurs about two thirds the length of fore basitarsus; claw simple. For additional generic characters, see Wei [1997]. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East) region. Number of species: World and Palaearctic — 6. For a key to Ortasiceros species, see Wei [1997].