Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative combination: Paradesmatus ponomarenkoi
Full reference: H. L. Chang, A. G. Kirejtshuk, and D. Ren. 2009. Taxonomic names, in First fossil click beetles from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales Zoologici 59:7-14
Belongs to Desmatus according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Chang et al. 2009 and Muona et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Desmatus affinis, Desmatus beckeri, Desmatus lapidarius, Desmatus protensus
Type specimen: CNU-COL-NN2006876, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2006 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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