A review of the family-group names for - BioOne

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Synonym: Stethodesmatina Schoch, 1894
Original spelling and citation: Stethodesmae Schoch 1894: 172
Type genus: Stethodesma Bainbridge, 1841: 482
Subtribe BLAESIINA Schoch, 1895
Original spelling and citation: Blaesiina Schoch, 1895: III
Type genus: Blaesia Burmeister, 1842: 615
Tribe DIPLOGNATHINI Burmeister, 1842
Original spelling and citation: Diplognathidae Burmeister 1842: 617
Type genus: Diplognatha Gory and Percheron, 1833: 31
Remark: The type genus was spelled both Diplognatha and Diplognata in Gory and
Percheron (1833). The former spelling was used multiple times and is obviously the
intended spelling of the name. Diplognatha has also been adapted by all subsequent
authors and should be considered the correct spelling.
Synonym: Porphyronotini Péringuey, 1907
Original spelling and citation: Porphyronotii Péringuey 1907: 371
Type genus: Porphyronota Burmeister, 1842: 622
Tribe PHAEDIMINI Schoch, 1894
Original spelling and citation: Phaedimi Schoch 1894: 169
Type genus: Phaedimus Westwood, 1841: 5 (Westwood 1841a)
Tribe TAENIODERINI Miksˇić, 1976
Original spelling and citation: Taenioderina Miksˇić 1976: 29
Type genus: Taeniodera Burmeister, 1842: 325
Subtribe TAENIODERINA Miksˇić, 1976
Original spelling and citation: Taenioderina Miksˇić 1976: 29
Type genus: Taeniodera Burmeister, 1842: 325
Subtribe CHALCOTHEINA Miksˇić, 1976
Original spelling and citation: Chalcotheina Miksˇić 1976: 29
Type genus: Chalcothea Burmeister, 1842: 319
Acknowledgments
I thank Luca Bartolozzi (Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze), Alesˇ Bezděk
(Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Art Evans (Virginia
Museum of Natural History), Phil Harpootlian (Simpsonville, South Carolina), Dave
Hawks (University of California-Riverside), Mary Liz Jameson (University of Nebraska),
Frank Krell (The Natural History Museum, London), Al Newton (Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago), Matt Paulsen (University of Nebraska), Brett Ratcliffe
(University of Nebraska), and Fernando Vaz-de-Mello (Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa,
Mexico) for critical reviews, nomenclatural advice, and / or taxonomic insights into various
scarabs groups. My acknowledgment of those listed above does not necessarily indicate that
they agree with the classification or nomenclatural decisions within. I greatly appreciate
assistance by the following people in finding old and obscure literature: Alesˇ Bezděk
((Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Pat Bouchard
(Canadian National Collection of Insects), François Génier (Canadian Museum of Nature),
Henry Howden (Canadian Museum of Nature), Frank Krell (The Natural History Museum,
London), Al Newton (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago), Matt Paulsen
(University of Nebraska), Brett Ratcliffe (University of Nebraska), Paul Robbins (Cornell
University), Alesˇ Smetana (Canadian National Collection of Insects), Fernando Vaz-de-
Mello (Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Mexico), Mike Wayne (Canadian Museum of Nature
Library), and Jason Weintraub (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia). I would also
like to thank Neal Evenhuis (Bishop Museum, Honolulu) for graciously answering my
numerous, pesky questions about the publication dates of old and / or obscure literature.
This publication was supported, in part, by an NSF/BS&I grant (DEB-0342189) to A. B. T.