Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: H. L. Chang and D. Ren. 2008. New fossil beetles of the family Elateridae from the Jehol Biota of China (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Geologica Sinica 82:236-243

Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021

See also Chang and Ren 2008, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Muona et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, 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: Bilineariselater foveatus

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Type: Bilineariselater foveatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of China)

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