- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1963a. Opinion 683. Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 (Insecta, Coleoptera): validated under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(6):416-417.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1963b. Opinion 670. Dendroctonus Erichson, 1836 (Insecta, Coleoptera); designation of a typespecies under the Plenary Powers with addition of Tomicus Latreille (1802-1803) to the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20:276-278.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1979a. Opinion 1144. Phloeotribus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) ruled to be a justified emendation of Phloiotribus Latreille, 1796. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36:132-134.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1979b. Opinion 1146. Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1864 (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), conserved under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36:151-153.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1981a. Opinion 1166 Liparthrum Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) conserved . Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38:64-66.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1981b. Opinion 1167 Phloeosinus Chapuis, 1869 (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) conserved . Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38:67-68.