Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum, II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5:455-463
Belongs to Elaterites according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Cockerell 1920
Sister taxa: Elaterites amissus, Elaterites bruchi, Elaterites dicrepidioides, Elaterites lavateri, Elaterites longus, Elaterites microstictus, Elaterites murchisoni, Elaterites obsoletus, Elaterites palaeophilus, Elaterites perditulus, Elaterites sculptilis
Type specimen: BMNH In. 18998, an elytra. Its type locality is Bournemouth, near the pier, which is in a Lutetian pond claystone in the Poole Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bournemouth, near the pier
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