Subfamily Leiestinae Thomson 1863 (handsome fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae

Parent taxon: Endomychidae according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2023

See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2022, Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018, Cai et al. 2022, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Shockley and Alekseev 2014, Shockley et al. 2009 and Tomaszewska et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Endomychinae, Epipocinae, Lycoperdininae, Merophysiinae, Pleganophorinae, Rhomeocalpsua, Xenomycetinae

Subtaxa: Burmalestes Cretolestes Glesirhanis Leiestes Palaeoestes Phymaphoroides Trycherus

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Type: Leiestes

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (1), Lithuania (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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