Lariscus Thomas and Wroughton, 1909 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1909:389.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus insignis F. Cuvier, 1821 .

SYNONYMS: Laria Gray, 1867 (not Scopoli, 1763); Paralariscus Ellerman, 1947 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Callosciurini (Moore, 1959:173) . Includes Paralariscus, treated as a genus by Ellerman (1947:259) and Moore (1959:173).