Insecta - Coleoptera - Lophocateridae
Parent taxon: Cleroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Crowson 1981, Gimmel et al. 2019, Kolibáč 2013, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Lyubarsky et al. 2021, Peris et al. 2014 and Yu et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthocnemidae, Biphyllidae, Byturidae, Chaetosomatidae, Cleridae, Juraniscus, Mathesius, Melyridae, Peltidae, Phloiophilidae, Phycosecidae, Prionoceridae, Protopeltidae, Rentoniidae, Rhadalidae, Shartegopsis, Thanerocleridae, Thymalidae, Trogossitidae
Subtaxa: Ancyrona Ancyronini Antillipeltis Burmacateres Cervicatinius Gracilenticrus Grynocharis Lophocateres Lophocaterini Parayixianteres Zaiwa
Type: Lophocateres
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (4)
• Jurassic of China (2)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences