Mecinini Gistel, 1848

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 : 257

Tribe Mecinini Gistel, 1848

Mecinidae Gistel, 1848: [7] [stem: Mecin-]. Type genus: Mecinus Germar, 1821.

Gymnetrina C. G. Thomson, 1859: 143 [stem: Gymnetr-]. Type genus: Gymnetron Schönherr, 1825. Comment: junior homonym of Gymnetrinae Swainson, 1839 in Pisces (type genus Gymnetrus Bloch, 1795).

Miarides Tournier, 1874: 66 [stem: Miar-]. Type genus: Miarus Schönherr, 1826. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form and generally accepted as in Pierce (1919: 30, as Miarinae ).

Miarini Zherikhin, 1991: 123 [stem: Miar-]. Type genus: Miarus Schönherr, 1826. Comment: family-group name proposed as new without reference to Miarides Tournier, 1874.