Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
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
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Kundrata et al. 2020 and Wickham 1916
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, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Ludiophanes haydeni
Type: Ludiophanes haydeni
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant (Eocene of Colorado)
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