I'll give a short review for the benefit of all later this evening!
OK, here goes:
The tree (based on mtDNA) can be represented as such:
Creagrus • (Rissa • {<Xema • Pagophila> • <Chroicocephalus • Saundersilarus • Hydrocoloeus • ‹Leucophaeus • (Ichthyaetus • Larus)›})>})
Support for Chroicocephalus, Saundersilarus and Hydrocoloeus is low.
The subgenera represent:
Chroicocephalus: "masked gulls" (e.g. Black-headed, White-headed, Grey-headed, Slender-billed)
Saundersilarus: Saunders's Gull
Hydrocoloeus: Little + Ross's Gull (makes sense!)
Leucophaeus: "hooded gulls" (America's: Laughing, Franklin's, South American 'grey' gulls)
Ichtyaetus: "black-headed gulls" (Palearctic: Pallas's, Audouin's, Mediterranean, White-eyed, Hemprich's)
Larus: white-headed gulls (with the band-tailed species basal)
I'm all in favour of renaming the genera once the uncertainties have been figured out: larophiles only like Larus (strict sense), while everyone likes the others, hahaha!