†Lanelater verae Tröster 1993 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: G. Tröster. 1993. Fossile Schnellkäfer der Gattung Lanelater Arnett 1952 (Coleoptera, Pyrophorinae, Agrypnini) aus dem Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 73:49-60
Belongs to Lanelater according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Tröster 1993
Sister taxon: Lanelater nicoleae
Type specimen: SMF MeI 3735, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square H12, 0-0.26 m below horizon M, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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