Subfamily Trypanaeinae Marseul 1857 (clown beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Parent taxon: Histeridae according to J. F. Lawrence and A. F. Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Abraeinae, Amplectister, Antigracilinae, Chaetabraeus, Chlamydopsinae, Dendrophilinae, Haeteriinae, Hetaeriinae, Histerinae, Miculissima, Niponiinae, Onthophilinae, Placatister, Plegaderus, Prodigister, Saprininae, Tribalinae, Trypeticinae
Subtaxa: Trypanaeus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)