Aphalarinae

Aphalarinae Löw, 1879: 606 .

Diagnosis: Loginova (1964b), Brown and Hodkinson (1988).

Internal relationships: Five tribes are recognised (White & Hodkinson, 1985) which, however, have not been phylogenetically analysed. Their monophyly is therefore questionnable. Bekker-Migdisova (1985) added a sixth tribe based on fossils.

Comments: Loginova (1964b) introduced a formalised phenetic classification consisting of four tribes. White and Hodkinson (1985) adopted this classification adding the Phytolymini and Gyropsyllini, and Bekker- Migdisova (1985) erected the extinct Paleopsylloidini. The Phytolymini was subsequently transferred to the Homotomidae (Ouvrard, 2002) . Klimaszewski (1987) proposed, based on the analysis of 10 morphological characters, a slightly different classification which was reevaluated and rejected by Burckhardt and Lauterer (1997a). The monophyly of Aphalarinae in its current definition is likely but not that of its constituent tribes.