Family Alopiidae Bonaparte 1835

Alopiadini Bonaparte 1835:[4] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Alopias [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; changed to Alopecini by Bonaparte 1846:3, 18 [ref. 519] based on Alopecias; changed to Alopeciini by Bonaparte 1850a:453 [ref. 27352] also based on Alopecias; stem corrected to Alopi- by Fitzinger 1873:55 [ref. 31883], confirmed by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:26 [ref. 2476], by Fowler 1947:10 [ref. 1458], by Nelson 1976:34 [ref. 32838] and by Compagno 2001:78 [ref. 26323]; family name sometimes seen as Alopecidae or Alopeciatidae]

Vulpeculidae Garman 1913:12, 30 [ref. 1545] (family) Vulpecula