Insecta - Coleoptera - Ulodidae
Parent taxon: Tenebrionoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Aderidae, Afreminae, Anthicidae, Archaeoripiphorus, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Cossyphodinae, Eurygenius wickhami, Fushunicucujus, Glypta, Ischaliidae, Kulindrobor, Lagrioidinae, Liaoximordellidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Neopolypria, Oedemeridae, Perimylopidae, Prostomidae, Prototrichalus, Pterogeniidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Samlandotoma, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Zopheridae
Subtaxa: Archaeophylax Waitomophylax
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fred Cave Catchment, F1c cave, layer 4, Waitomo (Quaternary of New Zealand)