Subfamily Cryptarchinae Thomson 1859
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Alternative spelling: Cryptarchina
Full reference: C. G. Thomson. 1859. Skandinaviens Coleoptera, Synoptiskt Bearbetade, 1 Tom 1-290
Parent taxon: Nitidulidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Kirejtshuk and Nel 2018 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cryptarchini
Type: Cryptarcha
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNT collection) (Paleocene of France)