Palophini Palophinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Diapheromeridae.

They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.

They have a relictual distribution and are endemic to the southern Africa, with one occurring as far north as the Gulf of Guinea.

Sometimes this subfamily is held to contain a single tribe Palophini, but this is redundant as long as no basal members of this lineage are known e.g. as fossils.

Of its mere two genera, one is fairly speciose (with new species still being discovered), but the other is monotypic.