Family Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey 1871 (scarab beetle)
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to J. F. Lawrence and A. F. Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Acanthoceridae, Aliscarabaeus, Belohinidae, Diphyllostomatidae, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Lucanidae, Obitiscarabaeus, Passalidae, Pleocomidae, Scarabaeidae, Septiventeridae, Serrulus, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Chaetocanthinae, Ochodaeinae, Taurocerastinae
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