†family Cretophengodidae Li et al. 2021 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cretophengodidae

Full reference: Y. D. Li, R. Kundrata, E. Tihelka and C. Y. Cai. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Cretophengodidae, a new Cretaceous beetle family, sheds light on the evolution of bioluminescence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(20202730)

Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022

See also Li et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cerophytidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae

Subtaxa: Cretophengodes

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Type: Cretophengodes

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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