Diagnosis of the genus Capicola.
Female/male. Small to medium sized (4-12mm). Head generally wider than long. Galea comb in front of maxillary palpus insertion. Propodeal triangle hairless, with horizontal or declivous basal area. Stigma less than twice as long as prestigma. Two sub-marginal cells, first longer than second. Second abscissa of Rs right angled. Basitibial plate present. Terga with apical fringes.
Femelle. Scopa restricted to outer surface of hind tibia and basitarsus. Keirotrichia extensively developed on inner surface of Tb3 and Bt3. Pp with longitudinal median, well defined, usually elevated area.
Male. Pp absent. S6 commonly tetra lobed (two medio-apical and two latero-apical processes), lobes hairy. Gonostylus fused to gonocoxite, usually with a medio-longitudinal hairy groove.