Ptilophorinae Gerstaecker, 1855

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 Ptilophorinae Gerstaecker, 1855

*Ptilophores Motschulsky, 1849: 59 [stem: Ptilophor-]. Type genus: Ptilophorus Dejean, 1834. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Motschulsky (1849).

Ptilophorini Gerstaecker, 1855: 2 [stem: Ptilophor-]. Type genus: Ptilophorus Dejean, 1834.

Evaniocerides Lacordaire, 1859: 618 [stem: Evaniocer-]. Type genus: Evaniocera Guérin-Méneville, 1835 [syn. of Ptilophorus Dejean, 1834]. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by J. L. LeConte (1862: 276, as Evaniocerini ), generally accepted as in J. L. LeConte and G. H. Horn (1883: xxxvii, as Evaniocerini ).