Tribe Bolitophagini Kirby, 1837

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• Bolitophagini Kirby, 1837.
• Bolitophagidae Kirby, W. 1837. The Insects. Order Coleoptera. pp. 1-249 in Richardson, J. Fauna Boreali-Americana … Norwich : Josiah Fletcher. [226].

  Type genus:

   Bolitophagus Illiger, 1798.
• Boletophagidae Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomina systematica. Generum Coleopterorum, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia et familiis ad quas pertinent. Solothurn : Jent & Grassmann Vol. 11 pp. i-xii +1-70. [21] [based on incorrect subsequent spelling of type genus name.].

  Type genus:

   Bolitophagus Illiger, 1798 [as Boletophagus; incorrect subsequent spelling from Bolitophagus by Say, 1827].
• Heledonadae Gistel, J. 1856. Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Kempten : T. Dannheimer 530 pp. [382] [incorrect original spelling; based on unjustified emendation of type genus name.].

  Type genus:

   Eledona Latreille, 1797 [as Heledona: unjustified emendation from Eledona by Agassiz, 1846].
• Rhipidandri LeConte, J.L. (1861-1862) 1862. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1861: 1-208; 1862, 209-286 [236].

  Type genus:

   Rhipidandrus LeConte, 1862.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bouchard, P., Lawrence, J.F., Davies, A.E. & Newton, A.F. 2005. Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of the family-group names. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 4 55: 499-530 [508] (Bolitophagidae Kirby; Boletophagidae: Agassiz; Heledonadae Gistel; Rhipidandri LeConte syn.nov.; Eutomides Lacordaire syn.nov.)

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