Schizocerella Forsius 1927

Schizocerella Forsius, 1927 Type species: Schizocerella axillaris Forsius, 1927. Body size 5.0–7.0 mm. Labial palps with 4 segments, maxillary palps with 6 segments. Right mandible with basal tooth. Antennae of males bifurcate. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R open; vein Sc absent; 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. Cell A of the hind wing widely open. For additional generic characters, see Smith [1971]. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East), Nearctic, Neotropical and Australasian regions. Number of species: World — 5; Palaearctic — 1. In the Palaearctic, the genus is known only from Japan, following synonymization of Aproceroides Togashi, 1997 with Schizocerella [Blank et al., 2009].