Epistrophina Marshall, 1932

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 : 270

Subtribe Epistrophina Marshall, 1932

Epistrophina G. A. K. Marshall, 1932: 346, in key [stem: Epistroph-]. Type genus: Epistrophus Kirsch, 1868 [preoccupied genus name, not Epistrophus Gistel, 1834 [ Coleoptera : Elateridae ]; Epistrophus Kirsch, 1868 is currently considered a valid genus name]. Comment: as pointed out by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999: 202) this family-group name should be treated as permanently invalid (Art. 39) because it is based on a preoccupied type genus, however, an application will be submitted by MAAZ and CHCL to the Commission for the conservation of the genus Epistrophus Kirsch, 1868 over its unused senior homonym; meanwhile current usage is maintained.