Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
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Bouchard, Patrice
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Bousquet, Yves
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Davies, Anthony E.
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Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
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Lawrence, John F.
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Lyal, Chris H. C.
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Newton, Alfred F.
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Reid, Chris A. M.
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Schmitt, Michael
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Ślipinski, S. Adam
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Smith, Andrew B. T.
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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
Tetrabrachini Kapur, 1948
Lithophilidae
Imhoff, 1856: [2] 151 [stem: Lithophil-]. Type genus:
Lithophilus
Froehlich
, 1799 [preoccupied genus name, not
Lithophilus
Schneider, 1791
[
Coleoptera
:
Carabidae
]; syn. of
Tetrabrachys
Kapur, 1948]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.
Tetrabrachinae
Kapur, 1948: 320 [stem: Tetrabrach-]. Type genus:
Tetrabrachys
Kapur, 1948. Comment: replacement name for
Lithophilinae
Imhoff, 1856 because of the homonymy of the type genus; current spelling maintained (Art. 29.5): incorrect stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Tetrabrache-).