Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Parent taxon: Carabidae according to P. Nagel 1997
Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa, Apotomopterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Brachininae, Brachinites, Broscinae, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Cavicarabus, Celeripedes, Cicindelites, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus florissantensis, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Fangshania, Feronites, Fonsecacarabus, Fossores, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Hebeicarabus, Lithocantharis, Loricera exita, Loricerinae, Meileyingia, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Paussinae, Platyninae, Procarabites, Protorabinae, Rhopalochlaenius, Rhysodinae, Scaritinae, Siagoninae, Sinocarabus, Stereocerus, Sunocarabus, Trechinae, Trechoides, Trechus fractus, Tremembecarabus, Wongyekokia, Wuchangicarabus, Yunnanocarabus
Subtaxa: Protopaussus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)