The frons is longer than wide and lacks a median keel but has two lateral carinae.

The sucking mouthparts which form the rostrum or beak reaches between the hind femur or the tip of the abdomen and has a long segment at the tip.

The wings have transparent membranes and the forewings long and parallel sided.

The venation consists of claval veins that join near the apex without any granulation (more accurately termed as sensory pits, a character that is used to separate them from the closely related Meenoplidae).

[1] These 25 genera belong to the family Kinnaridae: Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]