Platybelone Fowler [H. W.] 1919:2 Fem. Belone platyura Bennett 1832. Type by being a replacement name. Eurycaulus Ogilby 1908 (preoccupied) and Tropidocaulus Ogilby 1919 are objective synonyms. Eurycaulus Ogilby 1908 is preoccupied by Eurycaulus Fairmaire 1868 (in Coleoptera) and was replaced by Platybelone Fowler 1919 (20 May) and Tropidocaulus Ogilby 1919 (4 Aug.). •Valid as Platybelone Fowler 1919 -- (Parin 1967:10 [ref. 10272], Collette & Parin 1970:10 [ref. 7415], Parin 1973:259 [ref. 7191], Parin & Astakhov 1982:279 [ref. 26258], Collette et al. 1984:352 [ref. 11422], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:78 [ref. 6441], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:607 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:342 [ref. 12442], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:207 [ref. 24550], Collette 1999:2152 [ref. 24785], Lovejoy & Collette 2001:327 [ref. 25232], Collette 2003:1105 [ref. 26981], Collette 2003:3 [ref. 27306], Paxton et al. 2006:716 [ref. 28995], Struthers 2015:951 [ref. 34261], Golani & Fricke 2018:43 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Platybelone Fowler 1919. Belonidae.