Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative combinations: Corymbites primitivus, Ludius primitivus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1908. New fossil Elateridae from Florissant. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 26:76-78
Belongs to Ctenicera according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Wickham 1908, Wickham 1916 and Wickham 1920
Sister taxa: Ctenicera emblemoelytra, Ctenicera euprepes, Ctenicera granulicollis, Ctenicera prophetica, Ctenicera restructa, Ctenicera sincera, Ctenicera submersa, Ctenicera sutor, Ctenicera velata, Ctenicerus eximius, Corymbites pruinosus, Corymbites melancholicus, Corymbites sutor, Corymbites aethiops
Type specimen: YPM 2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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