Tribe Prateini Aalbu et al. 2023 (darkling beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Full reference: R. L. Aalbu, K. Kanda, O. Merkl, M. A. Ivie, and M. A. Johnston. 2023. Reconstitution of some tribes and genera of Lagriinae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). ZooKeys 1172:155-202
Parent taxon: Lagriinae according to R. L. Aalbu et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Belopini, Gonialaenini, Laenini, Lagriini, Lupropini
Subtaxa: Lorelopsis Prateus
Type: Prateus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)