Bythites Reinhardt [J. C. H.] 1835:7 Masc. Bythites fuscus Reinhardt 1837. Type by subsequent monotypy. Genus appeared first without species; one species added by Reinhardt 1837:116, 179, 195, 196 [ref. 3691] (pp. 34, 97, 113 & 114 of separate). •Valid as Bythites Reinhardt 1835 -- (Nielsen & Cohen 1973:72 [ref. 3200], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:46 [ref. 881], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1154 [ref. 13677], Cohen et al. 1990 [ref. 14223], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:96, 97 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1984 [ref. 24753], Nielsen & Cohen 2002:51 [ref. 26528], Nielsen 2003:974 [ref. 27009], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432] in Bythitidae). Current status: Valid as Bythites Reinhardt 1835. Bythitidae.