Drilini were historically treated as a family ("Drilidae"), but evidence began accumulating that the group might actually belong in Elateridae. In 2011, analyses revealed them as nested among Agrypninae in Elateridae, and the group was transferred to the family
Elateridae as the tribe Drilini. Some genera, such as
Pseudeuanoma and
Euanoma, were moved to the click beetle subfamily
Omalisinae. A 2019 study presented the first densely sampled molecular phylogeny of Drilini based on nuclear and mitochondrial markers, recovering 5 major clades well supported by morphology along with several new genera and species. == References ==