Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Author Bouchard, Patrice Author Bousquet, Yves Author Davies, Anthony E. Author Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. Author Lawrence, John F. Author Lyal, Chris H. C. Author Newton, Alfred F. Author Reid, Chris A. M. Author Schmitt, Michael Author Ślipinski, S. Adam Author Smith, Andrew B. T. text ZooKeys 2011 88 1 972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807 1313-2970-88-1 Tribe Mecysolobini Reitter, 1913 Alcidides Jekel, 1865: 547 [stem: Alcid-]. Type genus: Alcides Schoenherr , 1825 [preoccupied genus name, not Alcides Huebner , 1822 [ Lepidoptera ]; syn. of Sternuchopsis Heller, 1918]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus. Mecyslobini Reitter, 1913b: 33, in key [stem: Mecysolob-]. Type genus: Mecysolobus Reitter, 1905 [as Mecyslobus , incorrect subsequent spelling of type genus name, not in prevailing usage]. Comment: incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage. Alcidodinae G. A. K. Marshall, 1939: 582 [stem: Alcidod-]. Type genus: Alcidodes G. A. K. Marshall, 1939 [syn. of Sternuchopsis Heller, 1918]. Comment: replacement name for Alcidinae Jekel, 1865 because of the homonymy of the type genus.