Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Elater according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Elater berryi, Elater burmitinus, Elater canabinus, Elater florissantensis, Elater mitrus, Elater naumanni, Elater rohweri, Elater scudderi, Elater wallesii, Elater wisniowskii
Type specimen: s82747, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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