†family Passalopalpidae Boucher and Bai 2016 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Passalopalpidae

Full reference: S. Boucher and M. Bai. 2016. Taxonomic names, in †Passalopalpidae, a new family from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Passalidae Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Cretaceous Research 64:67-78

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022

See also Boucher and Bai 2016

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Mesoceratocanthus Passalopalpus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Myanmar (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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