Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 (1855)

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 : 175

Family Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 (1855)

Rhipidophoridae Gemminger, 1870: 2117 [stem: Ripiphor-]. Type genus: Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 [as Rhipidophorus , unjustified emendation of Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 by Perty (1831: xix), not in prevailing usage]. Comment: name conserved over the older Myoditidae Gerstaecker, 1855 (Art. 40.2) (see Lawrence and Newton 1995: 889, as " Myoditini Costa, 1853"); First Reviser ( Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 (1855) vs Ptilophoridae Gerstaecker, 1855 vs Ripidiidae Gerstaecker, 1855) not determined, prevailing usage maintained.