Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Synonym: Ponopterixidae Nel et al. 2014
Full reference: S. Chen and C. C. Tan. 1973. A new family of Coleoptera from the Lower Cretaceous of Kansu. Acta Entomologica Sinica 16:169-179
Parent taxon: Alienoptera according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022
See also Bechly 2007, Beutel et al. 2020, Carpenter 1992, Chen and Tan 1973, Lee 2016, Luo et al. 2021, Luo et al. 2022, Nel et al. 2014, Nel et al. 2014, Podstrelená and Sendi 2018 and Vršanský 2003
Sister taxa: Alienopteridae, Umenocoleoidea
Subtaxa: Alienopterix Alienopterixinae Archaeospinapteryx Blattapterix Compunctiotypus Cratovitisma Elytropterix Enervipraeala Laticephalana Nigropterix Petropterix Poikiloprosopon Ponopterix Pseudoblattapterix Pseudojantaropterix Trapezionotum Umenocoleus Umenopterix Umenotypus Vitisminae Vzrkadlenie
Type: Umenocoleus
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (8 collections), China (5), Hungary (2), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (6), Mongolia (11), Myanmar (4), the Russian Federation (7), South Korea (2), Spain (1)
Total: 50 collections including 79 occurrences