Subfamily CETONIINAE Leach, 1815 Original spelling and citation: Cetonida Leach 1815 a: 99 Type genus: Cetonia Fabricius, 1775: 42 Remark: Although Cetoniinae has priority over Melolonthinae, the later is in prevailing usage at the family level and must not be displaced by the older name under Article 35.5. This is relevant for authors who consider Melolonthidae to be a family containing the subfamily Cetoniinae.

Published as part of Smith, Andrew B. T., 2006, A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification, pp. 144-204 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 5) (mo 5) 60 on page 177, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2006)60[144:arotfn]2.0.co;2, http://zenodo.org/record/4911861