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 Lithoptychus according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Dolin 1980 and Kundrata et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Lithoptychus carinatissimus, Lithoptychus incertus, Lithoptychus minutus
Type specimen: PIN 2554/696, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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