Heteropsini Lacordaire, 1868

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 : 207

Tribe Heteropsini Lacordaire, 1868 nomen protectum

Dichophyiaeidae Gistel, 1848: [8] [stem: Dichophyi-]. Type genus: Dichophyia Gistel, 1848. Comment: nomen oblitum (see Bousquet et al. 2009: 48). Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Heteropsides Lacordaire, 1868: 405 [stem: Heterops-]. Type genus: Heterops Blanchard, 1842. Comment: nomen protectum (see Bousquet et al. 2009: 48); original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by H. W. Bates (1872a: 179, as Heteropsinae ), generally accepted as in Aurivillius (1912: 438, as Heteropsini ); current spelling maintained (Art. 29.5): incorrect stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Heterop-); this name was incorrectly attributed to Lacordaire (1869) by Bousquet et al. (2009: 48).