Cardiophorinae Candeze , 1859

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 : 156

Subfamily Cardiophorinae Candeze, 1859

Cardiophorites Candèze, 1859: 4 [stem: Cardiophor-]. Type genus: Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1829. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by J. L. LeConte (1861: 166, as Cardiophori ), generally accepted as in Burakowski et al. (1985: 227, as Cardiophorinae ).

Aphrici J. L. LeConte, 1861: 173 [stem: Aphric-]. Type genus: Aphricus J. L. LeConte, 1854.

Aptopina Jakobson, 1913: 760 [stem: Aptopod-]. Type genus: Aptopus Eschscholtz, 1829. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Esthesopinae Fleutiaux, 1919: 76 [stem: Esthesopod-]. Type genus: Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 1829. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Nyctorini Semenov and Pjatakova, 1936: 102 [stem: Nyctor-]. Type genus: Nyctor Semenov and Pjatakova, 1936 [syn. of Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1829].