Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative spelling: Elaterides
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Elaterinae according to K. Triskova et al. 2022
See also Barsevskis 2005, Bouchard et al. 2011, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Kundrata et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Agriotini, Ajkaelater, Ampedini, Crioraphes, Megapenthini, Melanotini, Physorhinini, Pomachiliini, Synaptini
Subtaxa: Burmogonus Diaraphes Elater Elatron Holopleurus Orthoraphes
Type: Elater
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of China (2), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Colorado, Tennessee)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)
Total: 13 collections including 18 occurrences