†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

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Type: Cretocoma

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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