Contributed by Andrew Smith, July 2011
| Name gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Type | Caratomus avellana Dubois, 1839, by subsequent designation of Desor, 1842, p. 36 [=Caratomus peltiformis Wahlenberg, 1818]. Replaced by Echinogalerus Koenig, 1825 by Lambert, 1918, p. 18. |
| Classification and/or Status | Invalid: non Caratomus Dalman, 1822, a hymenopteran. =Echinogalerus Koenig, 1825 |
| Remarks | Strand (1928) proposed the substitute name Caratomella for this genus. Dalman 1822. Svensk Vetensk. Akad. Handl. fasc 2, p. 403. |