Megascelidini Chapuis, 1874

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 : 239

Tribe Megascelidini Chapuis, 1874

Megascelides Chapuis, 1874: 82 [stem: Megascelid-]. Type genus: Megascelis Sturm, 1826. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Jacoby and Clavareau (1905: 1, as Megascelidae [incorrect stem formation]), generally accepted as in Riley et al. (2002: 639, as Megascelidini ); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.