Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: E. C. Becker. 1963. Three new fossil elaterids from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico, including a new genus (Coleoptera). Journal of Paleontology 37:125-128
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Becker 1963 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, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Mionelater planatus
Type: Mionelater planatus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-1402, Simojovel area (Miocene of Mexico)
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