Ptilininae Shuckard, 1839

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 : 163

Subfamily Ptilininae Shuckard, 1839

Ptilinidae Shuckard, 1839b: 45 [stem: Ptilin-]. Type genus: Ptilinus Geoffroy, 1762 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1994a)].

Sclerasteidae Gistel, 1856a: 368 [stem: Sclerast-]. Type genus: Sclerastes Gistel, 1856 [this genus originally included “pectinicornis” and "costatus Gy", we here chose Ptilinus costatus Gyllenhal, 1827 as the type of Sclerastes ; syn. nov. of Ptilinus Geoffroy, 1762]. Comment: syn. nov.; incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.