Limonius optabilis Heer 1847 (click beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229

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

See also Heer 1847 and von Heyden 1862

Sister taxa: Limonius (Paralimonius), Limonius aboriginalis, Limonius florissantensis, Limonius impunctus, Limonius praecursor, Limonius shoshonis, Limonius volans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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