Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837

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 : 95

Subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837

Necrophoridae Kirby, 1837: 95 [stem: Nicrophor-]. Type genus: Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775 [as Necrophorus , unjustified emendation of type genus name by Thunberg (1789), not in prevailing usage]. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.