Subfamily Zopherinae Solier 1834 (ironclad beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Parent taxon: Zopheridae according to V. Alekseev and A. Bukejs 2024
See also Alekseev 2015, Alekseev and Bukejs 2016, Alekseev and Nabozhenko 2023, Bouchard et al. 2011, Bukejs et al. 2019, Cai et al. 2022 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Colydiinae, Cretomysteria, Syntarsus, Rhagoderidea, Phloeonemites
Subtaxa: Monommatini Pycnomerini Usechini Zopherini Zopheromimini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (3 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 11 collections including 22 occurrences