Apatophyseinae Lacordaire, 1869

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 : 204

Subfamily Apatophyseinae Lacordaire, 1869

Apatophysides Lacordaire, 1869: 234 [stem: Apatophyse-]. Type genus: Apatophysis Chevrolat, 1860. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Heyne and Taschenberg (1907: 240, as Apatophysini ), generally accepted as in Švácha and Danilevsky (1988: 125, as Apatophyseinae ); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage; valid status given here as in Danilevsky (2010: 48).