Phacopteronidae Heslop-Harrison

Phacopteronidae Heslop-Harrison, 1958: 577 –578.

Phacoseminae Kieffer, 1906: 387; the substitute name Phacopteronidae is maintained according to Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

Pseudophacopterini Bekker-Migdisova, 1973: 103.

Pseudophacopteroninae Li, 2011: 233; syn. nov.

Diagnosis: Heslop-Harrison (1958), White and Hodkinson (1985). Internal relationships: unknown.

Comments: The family contains currently five poorly defined genera, four of which are extant and one fossil.

Cornegenapsylla Yang & Li, 1982: 124, 126; stat. rev., removed from synonymy with Phacopteron; type-species: Cornegenapsylla sinica Yang & Li, 1982 by original designation and monotypy; (= Neophacopteron syn. nov.).

Phacopteron Buckton, 1896: 18; type-species: Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton, 1896, by original designation and monotypy; (= Phacosema).

Phacosemoides Costa Lima & Guitton, 1962: 221; type-species: Phacosemoides sicki Costa Lima & Guitton, 1962, by original designation and monotypy.

Pseudophacopteron Enderlein, 1921: 116; type-species: Pauropsylla tuberculata Crawford, 1912, by original designation; (= Chineura).

Sulciana † Klimaszewski, 1998: 22; type-species: Sulciana macroconi † Klimaszewski, 1998, by original designation and monotypy.