Subfamily Paracladurinae Krzemińska, 1992

Cross-vein m-cu distal to fork of M3+4. Two longitudinal folds, along Cu and A1, are present. Transverse suture of scutum complete, V-shaped; meron reduced to small, partially membranous plate one-tenth the length of katepisternum. First tarsomere about one-tenth the length of the second, articulation between them is rigid, not capable of bending; tibial spurs absent; tarsal claw operates toward end of tarsomere. Male aedeagus, parameres and apodemes fused dorsally to form aedeagal complex. Female hypogynial plate with central canal; one spermatheca present (Krzemińska 2005).