Insecta - Coleoptera - Phalacridae
Alternative spelling: Phalacrurida
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Cucujoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Robertson et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Agapythidae, Alloterocucus, Brachypteridae, Cavognathidae, Clavicornia, Cryptophagidae, Cucujidae, Cyclaxyridae, Heteromera, Hobartiidae, Laemophloeidae, Lamingtoniidae, Meligethiellinae, Myraboliidae, Passandridae, Phloeostichidae, Priasilphidae, Silvanidae, Sinisilvanidae, Tasmosalpingidae
Subtaxa: Phaenocephalinae Phalacrinae
Type: Phalacrus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (4 collections), United States (3: Colorado, Washington)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Poland (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence