Insecta - Coleoptera - Pyrochroidae
Parent taxon: Tenebrionoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Bukejs et al. 2019, Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Aderidae, Afreminae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Asiamordella, Bellimordellidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Cossyphodinae, Cretanaspis, Elodophthalmidae, Eurygenius wickhami, Fushunicucujus, Glypta, Ischaliidae, Kulindrobor, Lagrioididae, Liaoximordellidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mirimordellidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Neopolypria, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Praemordellidae, Prostomidae, Pterogeniidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Samlandotoma, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Wuhuidae, Zopheridae
Subtaxa: Agnathinae Cretaceimelittomoides Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Palaeopyrochroa Pedilinae Pilipalpinae Pyrochroinae Tydessinae Waidelotinae
Type: Pyrochroa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences