DICRONOCEPHALINA Krikken, 1984

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2006, A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 5) 60, pp. 144-204 : 181

Subtribe DICRONOCEPHALINA Krikken, 1984

Original spelling and citation: Dicronocephalina Krikken 1984: 37

Type genus: Dicronocephalus Hope, 1831: 24

Remark: The original spelling of this genus is Dicranocephalus , but it was later spelled Dicronocephalus by Hope (1837: 61), Westwood (1842 c: 116), and most authors since (although a few recent authors have used the original spelling). Since the incorrect subsequent spelling is in prevailing usage, it is now considered the correct original spelling of the name under Article 33.3.1. The original spelling placed the name in homonymy with Dicranocephalus Hahn, 1826 (Hemiptera) but the adaptation of the subsequent spelling as the correct spelling avoids this homonymy problem.