†tribe Rhizophtomini Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009 (root eating beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae

Alternative spelling: Rhizophtominae

Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and D. Azar. 2009. Taxonomic names, in New beetles of Polyphaga (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Denisia 26:119-130

Parent taxon: Monotominae according to D. Peris and X. Delclòs 2015

See also Bouchard et al. 2011 and Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009

Sister taxa: Cretakarenniini, Europini, Lenacini

Subtaxa: Rhizobactron Rhizophtoma

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Type: Rhizophtoma

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections), Spain (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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