Neopachypterina Bouchard, Loebl and Merkl, 2007

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 : 182-183

Subtribe Neopachypterina Bouchard, Loebl and Merkl, 2007

Pachypterates Mulsant and Rey, 1859: 83 [stem: Pachypter-]. Type genus: Pachypterus Lucas, 1846 [preoccupied genus name, not Pachypterus Swainson, 1839 [Pisces]; syn. of Neopachypterus Bouchard et al., 2007]. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form and generally accepted as in Desbrochers des Loges (1901: 146, as Pachypterini [actually spelled Pachnephorini but this name was corrected to Pachypterini later by Desbroches des Loges (1902a: 85)]; permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Pachypterini G. S. Medvedev, 1968: 247 [stem: Pachypter-]. Type genus: Pachypterus Lucas, 1846 [preoccupied genus name, not Pachypterus Swainson, 1839 [Pisces]; syn. of Neopachypterus Bouchard et al., 2007]. Comment: family-group name proposed as new without reference to Pachypterates Mulsant and Rey, 1859; permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Neopachypterina Bouchard et al., 2007: 386 [stem: Neopachypter-]. Type genus: Neopachypterus Bouchard et al., 2007. Comment: replacement name for Pachypterates Mulsant and Rey, 1859 and Pachypterini G. S. Medvedev, 1968 because of the homonymy of the type genus.