Amarygmini 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 : 180

Tribe Amarygmini Gistel, 1848

Amarygmiidae Gistel, 1848: [10] [stem: Amarygm-]. Type genus: Amarygmus Dalman, 1823. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Megacanthides Lacordaire, 1859: 467 [stem: Megacanth-]. Type genus: Megacantha Westwood, 1843. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form and generally accepted as in Quedenfeldt (1885: 20, as Megacanthidae ).

Meracanthides Lacordaire, 1859: 464 [stem: Meracanth-]. Type genus: Meracantha Kirby, 1837. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by J. L. LeConte (1862: 240, as Meracanthini ), generally accepted as in Gebien (1911: 567, as Meracanthinae ).

Megacanthina Ardoin, 1962: 960 [stem: Megacanth-]. Type genus: Megacantha Westwood, 1843. Comment: family-group name proposed as new without reference to Megacanthides Lacordaire, 1859.