Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to K. S. So et al. 2023
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Chang et al. 2009, Chang et al. 2010, Chang et al. 2009, Dolin 1975, Dolin 1980, Dong et al. 2011, Dong and Huang 2009, Huber et al. 2017, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021, Muona et al. 2020, Ponomarenko et al. 2012 and Sohn and Nam 2019
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Desmatini Hypnomorphini Pollostelaterini Protagrypnini
Type: Protagrypnus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Cretaceous of China (3), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), China (4), Kazakhstan (12), Kyrgyzstan (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Germany (1)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 32 collections including 177 occurrences