Aphaeninae

The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, in the family Fulgoridae, or "lanternflies".

The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the taxa assigned to it do not form a monophyletic group in recent molecular analyses. The tribe Enchophorini, previously placed here, has been raised to a subfamily.

Tribes and genera
Recent research has resulted in the reclassification of the former tribe Enchophorini to a separate subfamily (e.g. ), while the tribe Pyropsini is now included here (e.g.,  ).

Aphaenini
Auth.: Blanchard, 1847 and Distant, 1906 (distribution: worldwide tropics)
 * Anecphora Karsch, 1890 (equatorial Africa)
 * Aphaena Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (type genus: Asia)
 * Calmar Kirkaldy, 1901 (Gambia)
 * Coelodictya Jacobi, 1910 (E. Africa)
 * Copidocephala Stål, 1869 (Central Americas)
 * Eddara Walker, 1858 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
 * Egregia Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010 (Malesia)
 * Holodictya Gerstaecker, 1895 (Equatorial Africa)
 * Hypselometopum Stål, 1853 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
 * Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900 (India, Indo-China)
 * Lycorma Stål, 1863 (Asia: incl. invasive sp.)
 * Malfeytia Schmidt, 1905 (Congo basin)
 * Metaphaena Schmidt, 1905 (Central Africa)
 * Novodictya Lallemand, 1928 (Congo basin)
 * Omalocephala Spinola, 1839 (Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka)
 * Penthicodes Blanchard, 1845 (South-East Asia: esp. Indo-China & Malesia)
 * Species in the "artificial, heterogenous genus" Aphaenina Metcalf, 1947 are now synonyms of Penthicodes spp.
 * Prolepta Walker, 1851 (Malesia)
 * Scamandra Stål, 1863 (Malesia)
 * Ulasia Stål, 1863 (PNG)

Benamatapini
Auth.: Lallemand, 1959 (central Africa)
 * 1) Benamatapa Distant, 1899

Limoisini
Auth.: Lallemand, 1963 (East Asian mainland, New Guinea, Australia)
 * 1) Bloeteanella Lallemand, 1959 (New Guinea)
 * 2) Erilla Distant, 1906
 * 3) Limois Stål, 1863 (Asia: esp. China) - type genus
 * 4) Neolieftinckana Lallemand, 1963 (New Guinea)
 * 5) Nisax Fennah, 1977
 * 6) Ombro Fennah, 1977
 * 7) Saramel Fennah, 1977 (New Guinea)

Pyropsini
Auth.: Haupt, 1929 (tropical Asia) (Synonym: Laternariini Distant, 1906 - unavailable, suppressed by ICZN ruling)
 * 1) Datua Schmidt, 1911
 * 2) Hariola Stål, 1863
 * 3) Pyrops Spinola, 1839 (previously Laternaria, the genus may be incertae sedis by some authorities)
 * 4) Saiva Distant, 1906

Incertae sedis

 * 1) Bhaskaraena Constant, 2016 (Malesia)
 * 2) Birdantis Stål, 1863
 * 3) Neoalcathous Wang & Huang, 1989 (China, Vietnam)

Genera formerly placed here
The following PNG/Australian genera were previously placed here, but are now in the Poiocerinae: tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929:
 * Hellerides Lallemand, 1963 is a junior synonym of Zophiuma Fennah, 1955 in the Lophopidae.
 * Flatolystra Nast, 1950 (South America) now incertae sedis
 * Desudaba Walker, 1858 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912 )
 * Galela Distant, 1906 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912 )
 * The type species of genus Apossoda, A. togoensis Schmidt, 1911, is now placed in Pyrgoteles: P. togoensis (Schmidt, 1911)