Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative spelling: Dendrometridae
Full reference: J. Gistel. 1848. Faunula monacensis cantharologica. Isis von Oken
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021 and Webster 2016
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, 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: Dendrometrini Dimini Oxynopterini Plastocerini Prosternini Semiotini
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)
• Miocene of China (3), Germany (2)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Lithuania (1), United States (8: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of France (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 24 collections including 46 occurrences