Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Full reference: V. G. Dolin. 1980. Fossil click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 17-81

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

See also Dolin 1980

Sister taxa: Lithomerus brachycollis, Lithomerus buyssoni, Lithomerus cockerelli, Lithomerus contiguus, Lithomerus longulus, Lithomerus wunda

Type specimen: PIN 2904/908, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2904), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2904)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.