Prostomidae Thomson, 1859

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 : 190-191

Family Prostomidae Thomson, 1859

* Megagnathes Motschulsky, 1849: 60 [stem: Megagnath-]. Type genus: Megagnathus Dejean, 1821 [preoccupied genus name, not Megagnathus Billberg, 1820 [ Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ]; syn. of Prostomis Latreille, 1819]. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): not subsequently latinized; if found to be available then permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Prostomidae C. G. Thomson, 1859: 84 [stem: Prostom-]. Type genus: Prostomis Latreille, 1819. Comment: current spelling maintained (Art. 29.3.1.1): incorrect stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Prostomid-).