Athous holmgreni Heer 1870

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combinations: Athous holmgreeni, Elater holmgreni

Full reference: O. Heer. 1870. Die Miocene flora und fauna Spitzbergens. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 8(7):1-98

Belongs to Athous according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021

See also Birket-Smith 1977 and Heer 1870

Sister taxa: Athous (Athousiomorphus), Athous contusus, Athous fractus, Athous lethalis

Type specimen: Nat. RIks. Ar. 53, an elytra. Its type locality is Cap Staratschin, which is in a Danian/Selandian delta plain shale in the Firkanten Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Distribution: found only at Cap Staratschin

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