Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae

Alternative combination: Elaterites priscus

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1888. Die Insectenwelt des lithographischen Scheifers in Bayern. Palaeontographica 35:215-254

Belongs to Malmelater according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1971

See also Handlirsch 1906 and Oppenheim 1888

Sister taxa: Malmelater costeri, Malmelater grossum, Malmelater teyleri

Type specimen: BSPG AS V 25, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll)

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