Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae
Synonym: Praelateriidae Dolin 1973
Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Dolin 1973, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Oberprieler et al. 2016 and Yu et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cretophengodidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae
Subtaxa: Amberophytum Aphytocerinae Aphytocerus Baissophytum Baissopsis Brachycerophytum Cerophytum Elaterocoleus Jurassophytum Necromera Necromeropsis Praelaterium Wongaroo
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (4 collections), Myanmar (3), the Russian Federation (4)
• Jurassic of Australia (2), China (1), Kazakhstan (8), Kyrgyzstan (2)
Total: 24 collections including 38 occurrences