Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae
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, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Neopolypria, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Prostomidae, Pterogeniidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Stoliinae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Zopheridae
Subtaxa: Eleticinae Gnathium Meloinae Microbasis Nemognatha Nemognathinae Tetraonyx Zonabris
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Croatia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Brazil (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 15 collections including 21 occurrences