Acidocerina Zaitzev, 1908

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 : 88-89

Subtribe Acidocerina Zaitzev, 1908

*Philhydrates Mulsant, 1844: 131 [stem: Philydr-]. Type genus: Philydrus Solier, 1834 [as Philhydrus , incorrect subsequent spelling of type genus name, not in prevailing usage; preoccupied genus name, not Philydrus Duftschmid, 1805 [ Coleoptera : Elmidae ]; syn. of Enochrus C. G. Thomson, 1859]. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Mulsant (1844); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage.

Philhydrida J. E. LeConte, 1849: 27 [stem: Philydr-]. Type genus: Philydrus Solier, 1834 [as Philhydrus , incorrect subsequent spelling of type genus name, not in prevailing usage; preoccupied genus name, not Philydrus Duftschmid, 1805 [ Coleoptera : Elmidae ]; syn. of Enochrus C. G. Thomson, 1859]. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage; permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Helopeltini G. H. Horn, 1873: 118 [stem: Helopelt-]. Type genus: Helopeltis G. H. Horn, 1873 [preoccupied genus name, not Helopeltis Signoret, 1858 [ Hemiptera ]; syn. of Helobata Bergroth, 1888]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Acidocerini Zaitzev, 1908: 353 [stem: Acidocer-]. Type genus: Acidocerus Klug, 1855.

Helocharae Orchymont, 1919: 147 [stem: Helochar-]. Type genus: Helochares Mulsant, 1844 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1964)]. Comment: senior homonym of Helocharini Metcalf, 1965 in Homoptera (type genus Helochara Fitch, 1851), the homopteran name does not appear to be available (Art. 13.1).