Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Handlirsch 1906 and Kundrata et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Elaterium bipunctatum Elaterium pronaeus
Type: Elaterium pronaeus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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