Sericina, Kirby, 1837

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2006, A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 5) 60, pp. 144-204 : 165

Subtribe SERICINA Kirby, 1837

Original spelling and citation: Sericidae Kirby 1837: 128

Type genus: Serica MacLeay, 1819: 146

Remark: Omalopliites ( Blanchard 1845: 212) was used for taxa within this tribe but this family-group name was not originally Latinized and has not been subsequently Latinized and accepted as valid, therefore it is unavailable. From the context of Blanchard (1845), all his ‘‘Famille’’ and ‘‘Groupe’’ names with the ‘‘–ides’’ and ‘‘–ites’’ suffixes respectively are French vernacular names (some have accents).

Synonym: Homalopliina Burmeister, 1855

Original spelling and citation: Homalopliadae Burmeister 1855: 147

Type genus: Homaloplia Agassiz, 1847: 258

Remark: The type genus is an unjustified emendation of Omaloplia Schönherr, 1817 . Since the emended spelling is not in prevailing usage this name should be considered as a separate, available name. Erichson (1847 b: 700) used Homaloplia in the same year as Agassiz (1847) but the exact publication dates of these works are unclear. Agassiz (1847) is dated 1846 on the cover page so I am assuming that it came out early in the following year.

Synonym: Astaenina Burmeister, 1855

Original spelling and citation: Astaenidae Burmeister 1855: 123

Type genus: Astaena Erichson, 1847: 101 ( Erichson 1847 a)