Nilioninae Oken, 1843

Bouchard, Patrice, Bousquet, Yves, Davies, Anthony E., Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., Lawrence, John F., Lyal, Chris H. C., Newton, Alfred F., Reid, Chris A. M., Schmitt, Michael, Ślipinski, S. Adam & Smith, Andrew B. T., 2011, Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, pp. 1-972 : 180

Subfamily Nilioninae Oken, 1843

Nilioniden Oken, 1843: 484 [stem: Nilion-]. Type genus: Nilio Latreille, 1802 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Nilion by Latreille (1804b: 333), incorrect subsequent spelling in prevailing usage, treated as correct original spelling (Art. 33.3.1)]. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form and generally accepted as in Tulk (1847: 614, as Niliondae [incorrect stem formation]); family-group name previously attributed to Lacordaire (1859: 518).