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 Subfamily Osphyinae Mulsant, 1856 (1839) Nothidae Shuckard, 1839b: 51 [stem: Noth-]. Type genus: Nothus A. G. Olivier, 1811 [syn. of Osphya Illiger, 1807]. Comment: Osphyinae Mulsant, 1856 conserved over this name (Art. 40.2) (see Lawrence and Newton 1995: 888). *Osphies Motschulsky, 1849: 59 [stem: Osphy-]. Type genus: Osphya Illiger, 1807. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Motschulsky (1849); incorrect original stem formation, not in prevailing usage. Osphyens Mulsant, 1856b: 108 [stem: Osphy-]. Type genus: Osphya Illiger, 1807. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by Seidlitz (1875 [Gatt.]: 103, as Osphyini ), generally accepted as in Pollock (2002: 421, as Osphyinae ); name conserved over the older Nothinae Shuckard, 1839 (Art. 40.2) (see Lawrence and Newton 1995: 888). Conopalpiens Mulsant, 1856b: 105 [stem: Conopalp-]. Type genus: Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810. Comment: original vernacular name available (Art. 11.7.2): first used in latinized form by C. G. Thomson (1864: 313, as Conopalpina ), generally accepted as in Hansen (1996: 171, as Conopalpini ).