The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, in the family Fulgoridae, or "lanternflies". The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the taxa assigned to it do not form a monophyletic group in recent molecular analyses. The tribe Enchophorini, previously placed here, has been raised to a subfamily.

Tribes and genera

Recent research has resulted in the reclassification of the former tribe Enchophorini to a separate subfamily (e.g. ), while the tribe Pyropsini is now included here (e.g., ).

Aphaenini

Auth.: Blanchard, 1847 and Distant, 1906 (distribution: worldwide tropics)

Benamatapini

Auth.: Lallemand, 1959 (central Africa)

Limoisini

Auth.: Lallemand, 1963 (East Asian mainland, New Guinea, Australia)

Pyropsini

Auth.: Haupt, 1929 (tropical Asia) (Synonym: Laternariini Distant, 1906 - unavailable, suppressed by ICZN ruling)

Incertae sedis

Genera formerly placed here

The following PNG/Australian genera were previously placed here, but are now in the Poiocerinae: tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929: