Brachycerophytum Costa et al. 2003 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae

Full reference: C. Costa, S. A. Vanin, J. F. Lawrence and S. Ide. 2003. Systematics and cladistic analysis of Cerophytidae (Elateroidea: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 28:375-407

Parent taxon: Cerophytidae according to Y. L. Yu et al. 2019

See also Costa et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Amberophytum, Aphytocerinae, Aphytocerus, Baissophytum, Baissopsis, Cerophytum, Elaterocoleus, Jurassophytum, Necromera, Necromeropsis, Praelaterium, Wongaroo

Subtaxa: Brachycerophytum cretaceum

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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