Alaus spectabilis Heer 1864

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combination: Elater (Alaus) spectabilis

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

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

See also Handlirsch 1907 and Heer 1864

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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