Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1986. Early Mesozoic fossil insects from South China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 170:1-112

Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021

See also Chang et al. 2011, Dong et al. 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020, Lin 1986 and Ponomarenko et al. 2012

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, Ludiophanes, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater

Subtaxa: Mercata festira

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Type: Mercata festira

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Distribution: found only at KHG 201, Xiwan coal mine, Hezhou City (Jurassic of China)

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