Definition:  Acrobelinae.  Labial probolae deeply furcate and elaborately fringed.  Cephalic probolae thin, forwardly pointing, acute, fringed.  Tails of both sexes acute.  Lateral field with crenate edges and no other incisures.

Type Species:  Acrobeles ciliatus  Linstow, 1877

                Syn. Cephalobus ciliatus (Linstow, 1877) de Man, 1884
                        C. (A.) ciliatus (Linstow, 1877) de Man, 1880 (Micol., 1922)
                        A. (A.) ciliatus Linstow, 1877 (Thorne, 1925)

-Goodey, 1963