Heteronychini Lacordaire, 1856

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 : 127

Tribe Heteronychini Lacordaire, 1856

Heteronycides Lacordaire, 1856: 225 [stem: Heteronych-]. Type genus: Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1831. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Bertkau (1890: 277, as Heteronychini ), generally accepted as in A. B. T. Smith (2006: 167, as Heteronychini ); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.