Insecta - Coleoptera - Alloioscarabaeidae
Full reference: M. Bai, D. Ren, and X. K. Yang. 2012. Taxonomic names, in New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Insect Science 19:159-171
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bai et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Alloioscarabaeus
Type: Alloioscarabaeus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection) (Jurassic of China)