Osphyinae Mulsant, 1856 (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 : 175

Subfamily Osphyinae Mulsant, 1856 (1839)

Nothidae Shuckard, 1839b: 51 [stem: Noth-]. Type genus: Nothus A. G. Olivier, 1811 [syn. of Osphya Illiger, 1807]. Comment: Osphyinae Mulsant, 1856 conserved over this name (Art. 40.2) (see Lawrence and Newton 1995: 888).

*Osphies Motschulsky, 1849: 59 [stem: Osphy-]. Type genus: Osphya Illiger, 1807. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Motschulsky (1849); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Osphyens Mulsant, 1856b: 108 [stem: Osphy-]. Type genus: Osphya Illiger, 1807. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Seidlitz (1875 [Gatt.]: 103, as Osphyini ), generally accepted as in Pollock (2002: 421, as Osphyinae ); name conserved over the older Nothinae Shuckard, 1839 (Art. 40.2) (see Lawrence and Newton 1995: 888).

Conopalpiens Mulsant, 1856b: 105 [stem: Conopalp-]. Type genus: Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by C. G. Thomson (1864: 313, as Conopalpina ), generally accepted as in Hansen (1996: 171, as Conopalpini ).