Notolychnus Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1949:1077 Masc. Myctophum valdiviae Brauer 1904. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Vestula Bolin 1946, preoccupied by Vestula Stål 1865 in Hemiptera. •Valid as Notolychnus Fraser-Brunner 1949 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:193 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:475 [ref. 13675], Moser et al. 1984:219 [ref. 13645], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:67 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:315 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:267 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1958 [ref. 24748], Hartel & Craddock 2003:945 [ref. 27005], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:528 [ref. 28994], Robertson & Clements 2015:673 [ref. 34257]). Current status: Valid as Notolychnus Fraser-Brunner 1949. Myctophidae: Notolychninae.