†Lithomerus wunda Martin 2010 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: S. K. Martin. 2010. Early Jurassic coleopterans from the Mintaja insect locality, Western Australia. Acta Geologica Sinica 84:925-953
Belongs to Lithomerus according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Martin 2010
Sister taxa: Lithomerus brachycollis, Lithomerus brevicollis, Lithomerus buyssoni, Lithomerus cockerelli, Lithomerus contiguus, Lithomerus longulus
Type specimen: WAM 08.179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mintaja 1 outcrop, Hill River region, which is in a Toarcian interdistributary bay siltstone in the Cattamarra Coal Measures Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mintaja 1 outcrop, Hill River region
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