Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative spelling: Hypnoidini
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Douglas et al. 2021, Kundrata et al. 2020 and Kundrata et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Cryptohypnus Hypnoidus Ligmargus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence