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Family Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807 (beetle)

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, Archaeoripiphorus, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Cossyphodinae, Eurygenius wickhami, Fushunicucujus, Glypta, Ischaliidae, Kulindrobor, Lagrioidinae, Liaoximordellidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Neopolypria, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Prostomidae, Prototrichalus, Pterogeniidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Samlandotoma, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Zopheridae

Subtaxa: Agnathinae Cretaceimelittomoides Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Palaeopyrochroa Pedilinae Pilipalpinae Pyrochroinae Tydessinae Waidelotinae

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Type: Pyrochroa

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections), United States (1: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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