Subfamily * Carsidarinae Crawford, 1911

Prionocnemidae Scott, 1882: 466, invalid as not derived from an included genus name.

Tenaphalarini Heslop-Harrison, 1958: 577–578.

Mesohomotomini Bekker-Migdisova, 1973: 101.

Comments

In both mtg trees the monophyly of the subfamily is very strongly supported. Hollis (1987) provided a morphological diagnosis and analysed the intra-subfamily relationships. In the mtg analyses, with five of the eight recognised genera included, Mesohomotoma is in a moderately supported basal position, whereas in the morphological tree it is the sister taxon of Paracarsidara; and apart from a reasonably well supported clade comprising Protyora + Tenaphalara + Paracarsidara, the relationships between the other genera are only poorly supported.

Included genera

* Allocarsidara Hollis, 1987; Carsidara Walker, 1869 (syn. Eustigmia, Thysanogyna); Epicarsa Crawford, 1911; * Mesohomotoma Kuwayama, 1908 (syn. Udamostigma); * Paracarsidara Heslop- Harrison, 1960; * Protyora Kieffer, 1906 (syn. Neocarsidara); * Tenaphalara Kuwayama, 1908; Tyora Walker, 1869 (syn. Carsidaroida, Nesiope).