†Clavelater ningchengensis Dong and Huang 2011 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: F. B. Dong and D. Y. Huang. 2011. A new elaterid from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou biota (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Protagrypninae). Acta Geologica Sinica 85(6):1224-1230
Belongs to Clavelater according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Dong and Huang 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Muona et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Clavelater ryonsangiensis
Type specimen: NIGP 151836, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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