Categories between Family and Genus: Zoology only

[christian thompson]

Zoologists ONLY.

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature regulates the ending
(suffixes) of family-group names only for
        Superfamily -oidea
        Family          -idae
        Subfamily     -inae
        Tribe            -ini
        Subtribe       -ina

(See Article 29.2)

I would like to know whether people use additional categories for
family-group names and what ending they used.

For example, my colleague (Ray Gagne) uses Supertribe (-idi).  Does any one
use Infra-Family? If so, what ending does one use?

Etc.

Thanks

F. Christian Thompson
Systematic Entomology Lab., ARS, USDA
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C. 20560-0169
(202) 382-1800 voice
(202) 786-9422 FAX
cthompso at sel.barc.usda.gov [NB: no terminal "n"]
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