LEIODINI Fleming, 1821

Peck, Stewart B. & Newton, Alfred F., 2017, An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 211-258 : 237

Tribe LEIODINI Fleming

Leiodesidae Fleming, 1821: 51 [stem: Leiod -]. Type genus: Leiodes Latreille, 1797 .

Comment. Incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage; correction of stem by Newton and Thayer (1992).

Distribution. Worldwide.

= Anisotomidae Erichson, 1845: 41 [stem: Anisotom -]. Type genus: Anisotoma sensu Schmidt, 1841 [not Anisotoma Panzer, 1797 ; synonym of Leiodes Latreille, 1797 ].

Comment. Based on a misidentified type genus; an application would need to be submitted to the Commission to suppress this name for the Principles of Priority and Homonymy ( ICZN 1999: Art. 65.2.1) if Anisotomidae Reiter, 1884 in Leiodinae : Agathidiini were to be used as valid in the future. =Cyrtusina Perkovsky, 1997: 168; 2002: 16 [stem: Cyrtus -]. Type genus: Cyrtusa Erichson, 1842 .

Comment. Unavailable family-group name, proposed after 1930 without description or bibliographic reference to such a description ( ICZN 1999: Art. 13.1).

=Hypoliodina Perkovsky, 2002: 15 [stem: Hypoliod -]. Type genus: Hypoliodes Portevin, 1908 .

Comment. Unavailable family-group name, proposed after 1930 without description or bibliographic reference to such a description (Art. 13.1).