Tironinae Stebbing, 1906

Just, Jean, 2022, Tirons of the world: a review of ‘ tironid’ amphipods, description of new genera and species, and establishment of a new subfamily Tironinae Stebbing, 1906 stat. nov. (Crustacea, Synopiidae), Zootaxa 5139 (1), pp. 1-89 : 6

Tironinae Stebbing, 1906 stat. nov.

Classification. The families Synopiidae Dana, 1853 and Tironidae Stebbing, 1906 were synonymized under the former name by J.L. Barnard (1964), a move that has not been disputed, and which then included the genera Tiron Lilljeborg, 1865 with 7 species and Pseudotiron Chevreux, 1895 with 2 species. These 2 genera and 9 species, together with 4 new genera and an additional 32 species described since 1964 (including 18 here), differ distinctly from the remaining synopiids. A new subfamily for this group of genera is diagnosed as Tironinae Stebbing1906 , stat. nov. Further analysis of the Synopiidae is needed to ascertain its full subfamilial structure, which is beyond the scope of this study.