Proteinini Erichson, 1839

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 : 97-98

Tribe Proteinini Erichson, 1839

Proteinini Erichson, 1839a: 641 [stem: Protein-]. Type genus: Proteinus Latreille, 1797 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1969a)]. Comment: this family-group name was also proposed in the same year by Erichson (1839b: 31, as Proteinini ) and Heer (1839b: 4, as Proteinina ); for comments about the priority of these works see Newton and Thayer (1992: 24).

* Phleobiens Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 209 [stem: Phloeobi-]. Type genus: Phloeobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Phloeobium Dejean, 1833; syn. of Metopsia Wollaston, 1854]. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Mulsant and Rey, 1876; incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Phloeobiinae Fowler, 1888: 431 [stem: Phloeobi-]. Type genus: Phloeobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Phloeobium Dejean, 1833; syn. of Metopsia Wollaston, 1854]. Comment: based on a misidentified type genus.

Megarthrini Joy, 1932: 93, in key [stem: Megarthr-]. Type genus: Megarthrus Curtis, 1829.

Metopsiinae Tottenham, 1954: 8, in key [stem: Metopsi-]. Type genus: Metopsia Wollaston, 1854.

Pteronini Arnett, 1961: 238, in key [stem: Pteroni-]. Type genus: Pteronius Blackwelder, 1952 [syn. of Proteinus Latreille, 1797]. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Pteroniinae I. Moore, 1964: 85, in key [stem: Pteroni-]. Type genus: Pteronius Blackwelder, 1952 [syn. of Proteinus Latreille, 1797]. Comment: proposed as new without reference to Pteronini Arnett, 1961.