Subtribe Schizonychina Burmeister 1855 (scarab beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative spelling: Schizonychidae
Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band, Besondere Entomologie, Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga Chaenochela 1-569
Parent taxon: Melolonthini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Melolonthina, Phyllophaga, Rhizotrogina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Laetoli Locality 7 (Pliocene of Tanzania)