Melanotini Candeze , 1859 (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 : 155-156

Tribe Melanotini Candeze, 1859 (1848)

Cratonychidae Gistel, 1848: [5] [stem: Cratonych-]. Type genus: Cratonychus Dejean, 1833 [syn. of Melanotus Eschscholtz, 1829]. Comment: use of Melanotini Candèze, 1859 converved over this name (Art. 40.2).

Melanotites Candèze, 1859: 4 [stem: Melanot-]. Type genus: Melanotus Eschscholtz, 1829. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by J. L. LeConte (1861: 169, as Melanoti ), generally accepted as in Hansen (1996: 143, as Melanotini ); name conserved over Cratonychini Gistel, 1848 (Art. 40.2) (see Sánchez-Ruiz 1996: 167).