Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff 1937

Genus Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937 Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937: 103 (original description; type species: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937, fixed by monotypy); Scheerpeltz, 1944: 172 (key); Smetana, 2004: 421 (catalogue; as a subgenus of Diestota). Remarks. Aphaenoglossa is monotypic and was described by Peyerimhoff (1937) from Tunisia. Since Smetana (2004), Aphaenoglossa has been treated as a subgenus of Diestota (Newton 2025). Based on the original description of Aphaenoglossa (Peyerimhoff 1937) and the illustrations provided therein, its mouthparts and tarsal formula differ markedly from the diagnostic features of the tribe Diestotini, not only from those of Diestota (Aphaenoglossa: labial palps with three palpomeres and appear unfused; ligula indistinct; mandibles bifid at apex; tarsal formula 5- 5-5. Diestotini: labial palpus with two palpomeres; ligula distinct, bifid at apex; mandibles not bifid at apex; tarsal formula 4-4-5). Considering these characters, we re-elevate Aphaenoglossa to generic rank. Although its affiliation with Diestotini appears to be inappropriate, the tribe to which it should be affiliated remains uncertain; therefore, it is provisionally retained in Diestotini until a detailed phylogenetic study is conducted. The following combination is resurrected: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937.