Subfamily Ceratocanthinae Martinez 1968 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Alternative spelling: Ceratocanthidae

Parent taxon: Hybosoridae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026

See also Ballerio and Grebennikov 2016, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Lu et al. 2022, Lu et al. 2018, Nikolajev et al. 2010 and Poinar 2014

Sister taxa: Anaidinae, Coprologus, Hybosorinae, Liparochrinae, Mimaphodiinae

Subtaxa: Ceratocanthini Ivieolini Palaeopycnus

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Type: Ceratocanthus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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