Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaphyridae
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Crowson 1981, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthoceridae, Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Copris subterraneus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Eremazidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Lithoscarabaeidae, Lucanidae, Mesoscarabaeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Paralucanidae, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Amphicominae Cretoglaphyrinae Cretohypna Glaphyrinae Lichnanthe Lithohypna Mesohypna Paraglaphyrus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (3), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 7 collections including 25 occurrences