Throscidae Laporte, 1840

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 : 146

Family Throscidae Laporte, 1840 nomen protectum

Stereolia Rafinesque, 1815: 112 [stem: Stereol-]. Type genus: Stereolus Rafinesque, 1815 [unjustified emendation of Throscus Latreille, 1797 not in prevailing usage; syn. of Trixagus Kugelann, 1794]. Comment: nomen oblitum (see Appendix 1).

Throscites Laporte, 1840a: 228 [stem: Throsc-]. Type genus: Throscus Latreille, 1797 [syn. of Trixagus Kugelann, 1794]. Comment: nomen protectum (see Appendix 1); original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Agassiz (1846b: 369, as Throscoidae ), generally accepted as in P. J. Johnson (2002b: 158, as Throscidae ).

Trixagidae Gistel, 1848: [4] [stem: Trixag-]. Type genus: Trixagus Kugelann, 1794.

Potergini Cobos, 1961: 5 [stem: Poterg-]. Type genus: Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871.