Subfamily Niponiinae Fowler 1912 (clown beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Parent taxon: Histeridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Abraeinae, Amplectister, Antigracilinae, Chaetabraeus, Chlamydopsinae, Dendrophilinae, Haeteriinae, Hetaeriinae, Histerinae, Miculissima, Onthophilinae, Placatister, Plegaderus, Prodigister, Saprininae, Tribalinae, Trypanaeinae, Trypeticinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Niponiinae in the database