Family Aplocheilidae Bleeker 1859

? Apalopterinae McClelland 1838:944 [ref. 2924] (subfamily)? Aplocheilus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Aplocheilini Bleeker 1859d:XXX [ref. 371] (cohors) Aplocheilus [changed to Haplochilinae by Garman 1895:93 [ref. 1538] (subfamily) based on Haplochilus; family name sometimes seen as Haplocheilidae]