[1] They are in the ironclad beetle family, Zopheridae.

There are about 15 genera and 300 described species in Monommatini.

They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Madagascar.

[1][2] They are commonly associated with rotting plant matter such as the dry rotting cambium of trees.

[1] Monommatini has been considered a family (Monommatidae)[1] and subfamily (Monommatinae) in the past, but is now treated as a tribe in the subfamily Zopherinae.