Elaterites dicrepidioides Deichmüller 1881 (click beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: J. V. Deichmüller. 1881. Fossile Insecten aus dem Diatomeenschiefer von Kutschlin bei Bilin, Böhmen. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 42:293-330

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

See also Deichmüller 1881

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kutschlin near Bilin, which is in an Eocene lacustrine - small diatomite in the Czech Republic

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kutschlin near Bilin

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