Pyrophorina Candeze , 1863

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 : 150

Subtribe Pyrophorina Candeze, 1863

Pyrophorites Candèze, 1863: 3 [stem: Pyrophor-]. Type genus: Pyrophorus Billberg, 1820. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Champion (1896: 463, as Pyrophorini ), generally accepted as in P. J. Johnson (2002b: 169, as Pyrophorini ).