Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combination: Cryptohypnus hesperus

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527

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

See also Wickham 1916

Sister taxon: Paradonus exterminatus

Type specimen: MCZ 2761, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.