Family Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Laemophloeidae

Synonym: Propalticidae Crowson 1952

Parent taxon: Cucujoidea according to L. R. P. Gomes and D. S. Souza 2022

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Robertson et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Agapythidae, Alloterocucus, Brachypteridae, Cavognathidae, Clavicornia, Cryptophagidae, Cucujidae, Cyclaxyridae, Heteromera, Hobartiidae, Lamingtoniidae, Meligethiellinae, Myraboliidae, Passandridae, Phalacridae, Phloeostichidae, Priasilphidae, Silvanidae, Sinisilvanidae, Tasmosalpingidae

Subtaxa: Laemophloeinae Laemophloeus Leptophloeus Lithocoryne Parandrita Placonotus Propalticus

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Type: Laemophloeus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)

• Miocene of Mexico (1)

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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