Insecta - Coleoptera - Bolboceratidae
Alternative spelling: Bolboceratinae
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bai and Zhang 2017, Bouchard et al. 2011, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Crassiungula, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Athyreinae Bolboceratinae Cretobolbus
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence