Cibdela Konow 1899

Cibdela Konow, 1899 Type species: Hylotoma janthina Klug, 1834. Body size 8.0–10.0 mm. Head not enlarged behind eyes in dorsal view. Antennae of males simple. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R closed; vein Sc present; vein 2r–m present; vein B of fore wing joins vein R well before (longer than vein Sc) junction point of vein M; cell 2A closed. All tibiae without preapical spurs. Hind tibiae and spurs simple. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East), Oriental and Australasian regions.Number of species:World — 14; Palaearctic — 8. C. janthina (Klug, 1834) has been introduced to La Réunion (France, Indian Ocean) in an attempt at biological control of an invasive species of Rubus (e.g., Bourgeois et al. [2011]; Dumont et al. [2013]; Mathieu et al. [2014]; Florens et al. [2017]).