Family Brachypsectridae LeConte and Horn 1883 (Texas beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brachypsectridae
Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Crowson 1981, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Qu and Cai 2019
Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Cantharidae, Cerophytidae, Cretophengodidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Katyacantharis, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae
Subtaxa: Brachypsectra Cretopsectra Hongipsectra Vetubrachypsectra
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences