Key to subfamilies and tribes of the family Caliscelidae (modified after Emeljanov 1999)

1. Larval sensory pits without setiform sensillae on its border. Caliscelinae..... Caliscelini

- Larval sensory pits with setiform sensillae on its border. Ommatidiotinae .................. 2

2. Metatarsomere I with no more than 2 teeth. Arolium of pretarsus in imago long (reaching apices of claws) and wide ....................................................................................... 3

- Metatarsomere I with 6–10 (2 lateral and 4–8 intermediate) teeth. Arolium of pretarsus in imago short (not reaching apices of claws) and narrow............................................ 4

3. Metatarsomere I with 2 lateral teeth. Paradiscal fields of pronotum very short ............. ..................................................................................................................Ommatidiotini

- Metatarsomere I usually without teeth (but Symplanodes conjunctor Fennah has 2 lateral teeth). Paradiscal fields of pronotum long ..................................................Augilini

4. Fore wings convex, beetle-like (fig. 10a). Phallobase more or less reduced, does not cover completely an aedeagus (fig. 27a)...................................Coinquendini trib. nov.

- Fore wings more or less flat (fig. 1a, 8a, 9a). Phallobase well developed, almost completely covers an aedeagus (figs 20a, 21a, 22b, 23a, 25a) ............................. Adenissini