†subfamily Cretocominae Nikolajev 2002 (rain beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae
Alternative spelling: Cretocomini
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2002. To possible assignment of a new genus of lamellicorn beetles from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia to the subfamily Pleocominae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Paleontological Journal 36:279-282
Parent taxon: Pleocomidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Nikolajev 2002 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Archescarabaeinae, Pleocominae
Subtaxa: Cretocoma
Type: Cretocoma
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)