Subfamily Dorcatominae Thomson 1859 (spider beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Parent taxon: Ptinidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2021, Bouchard et al. 2011, Háva and Zahradník 2020, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Webster 2016 and Zahradník and Háva 2014
Sister taxa: Alvarenganiellinae, Anobiinae, Dryophilinae, Ernobiinae, Eucradinae, Mesocoelopodinae, Ptilininae, Ptininae, Xyletininae, Xyletinites, Eucnemis antiquatus
Subtaxa: Caenocara Dorcatomini Petaliini Stagetus Venablesia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 10 collections including 17 occurrences