Subfamily Phanodermatinae Filipjev, 1927

1 (2) Head attenuated, pharyngeal capsule well developed, with three sclerotized outgrows with the dorsal one being shortest.................................................................................... Phanoderma Bastian, 1865 2 (1) Walls of cephalic capsule uniformly thick with deep grooves forming four long lobes. Lateral lobes longer than dorsal lobe.......................................................................... .. Metaphanoderma Platonova, 1984