Pentodontina Mulsant, 1842

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 : 133-134

Subtribe Pentodontina Mulsant, 1842

Pentodonaires Mulsant, 1842: 381 [stem: Pentodont-]. Type genus: Pentodon Hope, 1837 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 2003b)]. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by H. W. Bates (1888: 314, as Pentodontinae ), generally accepted as in A. B. T. Smith (2006: 176, as Pentodontina ); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Calicnemiens Mulsant, 1842: 386 [stem: Calicnemid-]. Type genus: Calicnemis Laporte, 1832. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by MacDonald (1845: 185, as Callicnemiae [incorrect stem formation]) and generally accepted as in Acloque (1896: 267, as Calicnemisii ) and Houlbert (1922b: 225, as Callicnemini [incorrect stem formation]); name attributed to Blanchard (1845a) and treated as unavailable by A. B. T. Smith (2006: 168); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Bothynidae H. C. C. Burmeister, 1847: 90 [stem: Bothyn-]. Type genus: Bothynus Hope, 1837 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 2008a)].

Pimelopodea H. C. C. Burmeister, 1847: 172 [stem: Pimelopod-]. Type genus: Pimelopus Erichson, 1842.

Podalgidae H. C. C. Burmeister, 1847: 90 [stem: Podalg-]. Type genus: Podalgus H. C. C. Burmeister, 1847 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 2004a)].

Metanastina Carne, 1957: 32 [stem: Metanast-]. Type genus: Metanastes Arrow, 1911.