Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Alternative spellings: Brochocoleidae, Brochocoleinae
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1982. Mesozoic Fossil Insects of Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province 1-187
Parent taxon: Ommatinae according to Y. Tang et al. 2024
See also Cai et al. 2022, Jarzembowski et al. 2016, Jarzembowski et al. 2018, Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1994, Soriano and Delclos 2006, Tan and Ren 2009, Tan et al. 2012 and Yamamoto 2017
Sister taxa: Allophalerus, Blapsium, Burmocoleus, Cionocoleus, Clessidrommatini, Diluticupes, Echinocups, Eurydictyon, Jarzembowskiops, Liassocupes, Lithocupedini, Lithocupes, Monticupes, Notocupoides, Odontomma, Ommatini, Paraodontomma, Pareuryomma, Polyakius, Pronotocupedini, Rhopalomma, Stegocoleus, Tetraphalerini, Tetraphalerites, Tetraphalerus, Tetraphalerus brevicapitis
Subtaxa: Brochocoleus
Type: Brochocoleus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (7), South Korea (2), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 17 collections including 22 occurrences