Cocotropus Kaup [J. J.] 1858:333 Masc. Corythobatus echinatus Cantor 1849. Type by monotypy. Coccotropus is a misspelling; not the same as Coccotropsis. •Valid as Cocotropus Kaup 1858 -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:319 [ref. 6441], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Poss 1986:480 [ref. 6296], Poss & Allen 1987 [ref. 6616], Poss 1999:2356 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:267 [ref. 25636], Imamura & Shinohara 2003:233 [ref. 27213], Fricke 2004:2 [ref. 27662], Johnson 2004:179 [ref. 27781], Imamura & Shinohara 2004:204 [ref. 27943], Allen et al. 2006:913 [ref. 29066], Imamura & Shinohara 2008:21 [ref. 29563], Imamura 2009:71 [ref. 30434], Imamura et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30770], Prokofiev 2010:718 [ref. 31093], Fricke 2016:71 [ref. 34523], Fricke et al. 2017:7 [ref. 35454], Golani & Fricke 2018:57 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma et al. 2021:[1] [ref. 38266]). Current status: Valid as Cocotropus Kaup 1858. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae.