Mycterinae 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 : 193

Subfamily Mycterinae Oken, 1843

Rhinomaceridae Fleming, 1821: 50 [stem: Rhinomacr-]. Type genus: Rhinomacer Fabricius, 1781 [placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 2005c); syn. of Mycterus Clairville, 1798]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on suppressed type genus; incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Mycteriden Oken, 1843: 484 [stem: Mycter-]. Type genus: Mycterus Clairville, 1798. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form and generally accepted as in Tulk (1847: 614, as Mycteridae ); name previously attributed to Blanchard (1845b: 97).

Artaxidae Gistel, 1848: [8] [stem: Artax-]. Type genus: Artaxus Gistel, 1848 [syn. of Mycterus Clairville, 1798].