Sphaerocharini Chapuis, 1874

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 : 234

Tribe Sphaerocharini Chapuis, 1874

Sphoerocharides Chapuis, 1874: 206 [stem: Sphaerochar-]. Type genus: Sphaerocharis Lacordaire, 1848 [as Sphoerocharis , incorrect subsequent spelling of type genus name, not in prevailing usage]. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Heyne and Taschenberg (1907: 248, as Sphaerocharini ), generally accepted as in Monrós (1956: 32, as Sphaerocharini ); current spelling maintained (Art. 29.5): incorrect stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Sphaerocharit-).