Insecta - Coleoptera - Pyrochroidae
Parent taxon: Tenebrionoidea according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Aderidae, Anthicidae, Apotomouridae, Archaeoripiphorus, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Cossyphodinae, Eurygenius wickhami, Glypta, Ischaliidae, Liaoximordellidae, Macrosiagon ebboi, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Neopolypria, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Prostomidae, Pterogeniidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Stoliinae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Zopheridae
Subtaxa: Agnathinae Cretaceimelittomoides Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Palaeopyrochroa Pedilinae Pilipalpinae Pyrochroinae Tydessinae
Type: Pyrochroa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence