Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: H. Haupt. 1956. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 18(128):1-89

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

See also Haupt 1956

Sister taxa: Elaterites amissus, Elaterites bruchi, Elaterites dicrepidioides, Elaterites laconoides, Elaterites lavateri, Elaterites microstictus, Elaterites murchisoni, Elaterites obsoletus, Elaterites palaeophilus, Elaterites perditulus, Elaterites sculptilis

Type specimen: GPIUH G55/53, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection)

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