Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: V. G. Dolin. 1973. Iskopaemye formy zhukov-shchelkunov (Elateridae, Coleoptera) iz Nizhney Yury sredney Azii. Fauna i Biologiya Nasekomykh Moldavii 71-82
Parent taxon: Protagrypninae according to K. S. So et al. 2023
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Chang et al. 2009, Chang et al. 2009, Dolin 1973, Dolin 1975, Dolin 1980, Dong and Huang 2009, Dong and Huang 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021, Muona et al. 2020, Ponomarenko et al. 2012 and Sohn and Nam 2019
Sister taxa: Desmatini, Hypnomorphini, Pollostelaterini
Subtaxa: Acheonus Clavelater Curtelater Koreagrypnus Lithocoelus Lithomerus Megalithomerus Micragrypnites Paragrypnites Paraprotagrypnus Protagrypnus Sinolithomerus
Type: Protagrypnus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), North Korea (1), South Korea (1)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), China (4), Kazakhstan (8), Kyrgyzstan (2)
Total: 19 collections including 31 occurrences