Prosternini Gistel, 1856

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 : 155

Tribe Prosternini Gistel, 1856 nomen protectum

Diacanthidae Gistel, 1848: [5] [stem: Diacanth-]. Type genus: Diacanthus Latreille, 1834 [syn. of Selatosomus Stephens, 1830]. Comment: nomen oblitum (see Appendix 1).

Prosternidae Gistel, 1856a: 367 [stem: Prostern-]. Type genus: Prosternon Latreille, 1834. Comment: nomen protectum (see Appendix 1).

Corymbitini J. L. LeConte, 1861: 169 [stem: Corymbit-]. Type genus: Corymbites Latreille, 1834 [syn. of Ctenicera Latreille, 1829].

Ctenicerina Jakobson, 1913: 736 [stem: Ctenicer-]. Type genus: Ctenicera Latreille, 1829. Comment: family-group name previously attributed to Fleutiaux (1936) in the literature; " Ctenicerini Fleutiaux, 1936" used as valid instead of Prosternini Gistel, 1856 by Cate (2007: 33, 173).

Ctenicerinae Neboiss, 1956: 47 [stem: Ctenicer-]. Type genus: Ctenicera Latreille, 1829. Comment: name proposed to replace Corymbitinae J. L. LeConte, 1861 because of the synonymy of the type genus; family-group name proposed as new without reference to Ctenicerina Jakobson, 1913 or Ctenicerinae Fleutiaux, 1936.