Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Haupt 1956, Heer 1847, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Elaterites amissus Elaterites bruchi Elaterites dicrepidioides Elaterites laconoides Elaterites lavateri Elaterites longus Elaterites microstictus Elaterites murchisoni Elaterites obsoletus Elaterites palaeophilus Elaterites perditulus Elaterites sculptilis
Type: Elaterites lavateri
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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