Thylacosterninae Fleutiaux, 1920

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 : 151

Subfamily Thylacosterninae Fleutiaux, 1920

Soleniscinae Lameere, 1900: 377 [stem: Solenisc-]. Type genus: Soleniscus Bonvouloir, 1875 [preoccupied genus name, not Soleniscus Meek and Worthen, 1860 [Mollusca]; syn. of Cussolenis Fleutiaux, 1918]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.

Pterotarsini Fleutiaux, 1902: 648 [stem: Pterotars-]. Type genus: Pterotarsus Guérin-Méneville, 1829. Comment: although this name has priority over Thylacosterninae Fleutiaux, 1920, an application will be submitted to the Commission by J. Muona and H. Silfverberg to conserve the well-established younger name.

Thylacosterninae Fleutiaux, 1920: 94 [stem: Thylacostern-]. Type genus: Thylacosternus Bonvouloir, 1875. Comment: an application will be submitted to the Commission by J. Muona and H. Silfverberg (pers. comm. 2010) to conserve prevailing usage of Thylacosterninae Fleutiaux, 1920 over the older name Pterotarsinae Fleutiaux, 1902.

Balginae Fleutiaux, 1926: 30 [stem: Balg-]. Type genus: Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920.

Cussolenitae Cobos, 1961: 3 [stem: Cussolen-]. Type genus: Cussolenis Fleutiaux, 1918.