Pythidae Solier, 1834

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 : 193

Family Pythidae Solier, 1834

Pythites Solier, 1834: 496 [stem: Pyth-]. Type genus: Pytho Latreille, 1797. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by C. G. Thomson (1859: 123, as Pythonidae [incorrect stem formation]), generally accepted as in Hansen (1996: 176, as Pythidae ).

Enoptisidae Gistel, 1848: [11] [stem: Enopt-]. Type genus: Enoptes Gistel, 1848 [syn. of Pytho Latreille, 1797]. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Ischyomiides Champion, 1886: 258 [stem: Ischyomi-]. Type genus: Ischyomius Chevrolat, 1878.

Osphyoplesiini Reitter, 1917: 59, in key [stem: Osphyoplesi-]. Type genus: Osphyoplesius A. Winkler, 1915.

Anaplopinae M. Abdullah, 1966: 147 [stem: Anaplopod-]. Type genus: Anaplopus Blackburn, 1890. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.