Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: V. G. Dolin and A. Nel. 2002. Trois nouveaux Elateridae fossiles du Mésozoïque supérieur de Chine (Coleoptera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 107:341-346
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Alexeev 2011, Chang et al. 2007, Dolin and Nel 2002, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Muona et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, 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: Cryptocoelus baissensis Cryptocoelus buffoni Cryptocoelus dolini Cryptocoelus gianteus Cryptocoelus lukashevichae Cryptocoelus major Cryptocoelus shcherbakovi Cryptocoelus sinitshenkovae
Type: Cryptocoelus buffoni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
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