Ligmargus terrestris Scudder 1879

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combination: Cryptohypnus terrestris

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185

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

See also Scudder 1879, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1895, Scudder 1900 and Stibick 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada

Distribution: found only at Nicola river

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