†Alaus spectabilis Heer 1864 (click beetle)
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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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)
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