Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative combinations: Corymbites propheticus, Ludius propheticus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527
Belongs to Ctenicera according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Wickham 1916 and Wickham 1920
Sister taxa: Ctenicera emblemoelytra, Ctenicera euprepes, Ctenicera granulicollis, Ctenicera primitiva, Ctenicera restructa, Ctenicera sincera, Ctenicera submersa, Ctenicera sutor, Ctenicera velata, Ctenicerus eximius, Corymbites sutor, Corymbites aethiops, Corymbites melancholicus, Corymbites pruinosus
Type specimen: MCZ 2724, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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