Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845

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 : 69

Family Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845

Sphaerina Erichson, 1845: 38 [stem: Sphaerius-]. Type genus: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 [originally placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the Commission (ICZN 1985d) but later placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 2000)]. Comment: family-group name and its type genus were rejected by the Commission (ICZN 1985d) but rescinded afterwards (ICZN 2000); family-group name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology and correct stem ruled to be Sphaerius - (ICZN 2000).

Microsporidae Crotch, 1873a: 78 [stem: Microspor-]. Type genus: Microsporus Kolenati, 1846 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1985d)]. Comment: name originally placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology as " Microsporidae H. Reichardt, 1976" (ICZN 1985d) but author and year subsequently corrected to Crotch, 1873 (ICZN 2000).