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, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Paralithomerus exquisitus Paralithomerus parallelus
Type: Paralithomerus exquisitus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2006 collection (Cretaceous of China)
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