Subfamily Saprininae Blanchard 1845
Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae
Alternative spelling: Saprinites
Full reference: E. Blanchard. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, leurs Moeurs, leurs Métamorphoses et leur classification, ou Traité Élémentaire d'Entomologie. Tome Premier 1-398
Parent taxon: Histeridae according to T. Lackner et al. 2024
See also Cai et al. 2022, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Webster 2016
Sister taxa: Abraeinae, Amplectister, Antigracilinae, Chaetabraeus, Chlamydopsinae, Dendrophilinae, Haeteriinae, Hetaeriinae, Histerinae, Niponiinae, Onthophilinae, Plegaderus, Tribalinae, Trypanaeinae, Trypeticinae
Subtaxa: Myrmetini
Distribution: found only at Locality 1, Oyamamachi, Hito, Oita Prefecture (Quaternary of Japan)