Family Sminthuridae Lubbock, 1870
Sub-Family Sminthuridinae Börner, 1906
Tribe Sminthuridini Börner, 1913

This tribe contains only one genus, Sminthurides Börner, which is divided into four subgenera as follows:—

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Genus Sminthurides Börner, 1900 (135)

Prosminthurus Willem, 1900 (1159)

Key to the Sub-Genera of the Genus Sminthurides

1.	Tibiotarsal organ, consisting of two sacs and a large spine, present on hind pair of legs	2
	Tibiotarsal organ absent	3
2.	Mucronal edges lamellate, the inner lamella toothed and ribbed; mucro usually broad	Sminthurtdes Börner, 1900 (135)
	Mucronal edges without true lamellae, the dorsal inner edge toothed only; mucro slender and narrowing in the apical third	Stenacidia Börner, 1906 (147)
3.	Lateral basal mucronal bristle present	Denisiella Folsom & Mills, 1938 (470)
	Lateral basal mucronal bristle absent	Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912 (690)