Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Alternative spelling: Megatomida
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Dermestidae according to A. Bukejs et al. 2023
See also Bukejs and Háva 2018, Cai et al. 2022, Deng et al. 2017, Háva 2004, Háva 2008, Háva 2014, Háva 2015, Háva 2020, Háva 2023, Háva and Alekseev 2015, Háva and Bukejs 2018, Háva and Prokop 2004, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Poinar and Háva 2015, Zahradník and Háva 2014 and Zhou et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Attageninae, Dermestinae, Orphilinae, Trinodinae, Tryoniopsis
Subtaxa: Anthrenini Megatomini
Type: Megatoma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (10)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2), Myanmar (4)
Total: 28 collections including 61 occurrences