Subfamily Erotinae LeConte 1881 (net-winged beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae
Synonym: Dictyopterinae Houlbert 1922
Parent taxon: Lycidae according to L. Bocak et al. 2025
See also Cai et al. 2022, Kazantsev 2013, Kazantsev 2020, Kazantsev and Bocak 2022, Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2022, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Motyka et al. 2023, Tihelka et al. 2019 and Winkler 1987
Sister taxa: Ateliinae, Calochrominae, Dexorinae, Leptolycinae, Lycinae, Metriorrhynchinae, Miocaenia
Subtaxa: Dictyopterini Erotini Lopherotini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (2)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences