Pycnogastrinae Bolívar, 1926
Available
Type genus Pycnogaster Graells, 1851
Stem Pycnogastr-
Currently considered a synonym of Bradyporidae Burmeister, 1838
The authorship is often incorrectly given as Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. Although he mentions Pycnogaster, Brunner never uses a family-group name based on the genus; the first author to do so is instead Bolívar (1926).