Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: H. L. Chang, F. Zhang, and D. Ren. 2008. A new genus and two new species of fossil Elaterids from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 1785:54-62

Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021

See also Chang et al. 2008, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Muona et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protelaterinae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Turonelater

Subtaxa: Paralithomerus exquisitus Paralithomerus parallelus

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Type: Paralithomerus exquisitus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of China)

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