Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Full reference: E. V. Yan and B. Wang. 2010. A New Genus of Elateriform Beetles (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from the Jurassic of Daohugou, China. Paleontological Journal 44:297-302

Belongs to Parelateriformius according to Y. D. Li et al. 2022

See also Yan and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Parelateriformius capitifossus, Parelateriformius communis, Parelateriformius grimaldii, Parelateriformius mirabdominis

Type specimen: NIGP 151553, an exoskeleton (Almost complete beetle). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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