Mecopini Lacordaire, 1865

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 : 260

Tribe Mecopini Lacordaire, 1865

Mecopides Lacordaire, 1865: 156 [stem: Mecop-]. Type genus: Mecopus Schönherr, 1825. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Heyne and Taschenberg (1907: 232, as Mecopini ), generally accepted as in Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999: 111, as Mecopini ); current spelling maintained (Art. 29.5): incorrect original stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Mecopod-); if the stem is corrected, it would threaten stability of a widely used name in Orthoptera (see Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 111).