Insecta - Coleoptera - Aderidae
Invalid subtaxa: Circaeidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1961, Xylophilidae [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Tenebrionoidea according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Anthicidae, Apotomouridae, Archaeoripiphorus, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Cossyphodinae, Glypta, Ischaliidae, Liaoximordellidae, Macrosiagon ebboi, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Monommatidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Prostomidae, Pterogeniidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Stoliinae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Wuhua, Zopheridae
Subtaxa: Circaeus Cnopus Escalerosia Palaeocnopus Picemelinus Vanonus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 6 collections including 20 occurrences