Superfamily Cleroidea Leach, 1815

Melyrid lineage, family indet.

Remarks.—As explained below, the new species is a member of the melyrid lineage but it cannot be unambiguously classified within one of the families Mauroniscidae, Rhadalidae, Dasytidae, and Malachiidae . Therefore, the new species is formally classified as Cleroidea incertae sedis.