Insecta - Coleoptera - Permosynidae
Alternative combinations: Artematopodites propinqua, Ovivagina propinqua
Full reference: H. C. Zhang. 1997. A new genus of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lower-Middle Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 14:71-77
Belongs to Artematopodites according to E. V. Yan and H. C. Zhang 2010
See also Zhang 1997
Sister taxa: Artematopodites crispulus, Artematopodites insculptus, Artematopodites latissimus, Artematopodites latus, Artematopodites lepidus, Artematopodites leskoviensis, Artematopodites longus, Artematopodites lozowskii, Artematopodites major, Artematopodites maximus, Artematopodites prolixus, Artematopodites shaanbeiensis
Type specimen: 93-SC-25/K1, an elytra. Its type locality is Shichang, Shawan County, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shichang, Shawan County
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