Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Alternative spelling: Orthocerites
Invalid subtaxa: Sarrotriides Billberg 1820 [replaced name], Sarrotriini Billberg 1820 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. Blanchard. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, leurs Moeurs, leurs Métamorphoses et leur classification, ou Traité Élémentaire d'Entomologie. Tome Second 1-524
Parent taxon: Colydiinae according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Alekseev and Bukejs 2024 and ICZN 1995
Sister taxa: Bifurderum, Colydiini, Coslonatus, Cryphalites, Gempylodini, Stegastochlidus, Synchitini
Subtaxa: Helioctamenus Orthocerus Thanatoplagia
Type: Orthocerus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence