Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anischiinae, Artematopodidae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cebrionidae, Cerophytidae, Drilidae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omalisidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Plastoceridae, Subprotelaterinae, Telegeusidae, Throscidae
Subtaxa: Agriotes, Agrypninae, Anepismus, Athoinae, Biadelater, Cardiophorinae, Cardiosyne, Cebrioninae, Corymbites, Cretoelaterium, Cryptocoelus, Cryptohypnus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Diminae, Dysarestus, Elater, Elateridium, Elaterina, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterites, Elaterium, Eopyrophorus, Epiphanis, Gemelina, Glyphonyx, Hemiopinae, Hypnomorphini, Ischnodes, Lissominae, Melanactes, Micrelaterium, Mimelater, Negastriinae, Ovivagina, Oxygonus, Oxynopterinae, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Semiotus, Stenelytron, Tetralobinae, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
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