Melanchitonini Jeannel, 1948

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 : 83

Tribe Melanchitonini Jeannel, 1948

Melanodini Alluaud, 1916: 228 [stem: Melanod-]. Type genus: Melanodes Chaudoir, 1876 [preoccupied type genus, not Melanodes Guenée, 1857 [ Lepidoptera ]; syn. of Melanchiton Basilewsky, 1946]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Melanchitonitae Jeannel, 1948b: 627 [stem: Melanchiton-]. Type genus: Melanchiton Basilewsky, 1946. Comment: replacement name for Melanodini Alluaud, 1916.