Thoracophorina Reitter, 1909

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 : 114

Subtribe Thoracophorina Reitter, 1909

Thoracophorinae Reitter, 1909: 199 [stem: Thoracophor-]. Type genus: Thoracophorus Motschulsky, 1837 [unjustified emendation of original type genus name Thoraxophorus by Erichson (1840a: 908); unjustified emendation in prevailing usage, treated as justified emendation (Art. 33.2.3.1)]. Comment: based on corrected spelling of type genus.