MacLeay, 1838
Carapace hexagonal, transversely oval to transversely hexagonal, sometimes circular. Areolation generally well defined. Antero-lateral margins generally with two to six teeth, spines, or lobes. Thoracic sternum narrow or not very widened. Male abdomen divided into five segments. Female openings sternal. Male openings coxal. G1 slender, curved, with apical part usually very ornamented. G2 much shorter than G1. (Guinot 1998)
Type genus: Xantho Leach, 1814.
Subfamilies treated:
subfamily Actaeinae Alcock, 1898
subfamily Chlorodiinae Alcock, 1898
subfamily Cymoinae Alcock, 1898
subfamily Etisinae Ortmann, 1893
subfamily Euxanthinae Alcock, 1898
subfamily Liomerinae Sakai, 1976
subfamily Polydectinae Dana, 1851
subfamily Xanthinae MacLeay, 1838
subfamily Zalasiinae Serène, 1968
subfamily Zosiminae Alcock, 1898