Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative combination: Cryptocoelus giganteus

Full reference: H. L. Chang, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2007. New fossil elaterid (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateridae) from Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Progress in Natural Science 17:1244-1249

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

See also Chang et al. 2007 and Muona et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cryptocoelus baissensis, Cryptocoelus buffoni, Cryptocoelus dolini, Cryptocoelus lukashevichae, Cryptocoelus major, Cryptocoelus shcherbakovi, Cryptocoelus sinitshenkovae

Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2006851, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2006 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2006 collection

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