Pterolomatinae Thomson, 1862

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 : 92

Subfamily Pterolomatinae Thomson, 1862

Pterolomina C. G. Thomson, 1862: 20 [stem: Pterolomat-]. Type genus: Pteroloma Gyllenhal, 1827. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage; correction of stem by Newton and Thayer (1992: 33).