†Curtelater ryonsangiensis So et al. 2023 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: K. S. So, Y. O. Mi, C. G. Won, C. J. Ri, and S. H. Jon. 2023. New fossil elaterids (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Sinuiju Biota, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Cretaceous Research 155(105777)
Belongs to Curtelater according to K. S. So et al. 2023
Sister taxon: Curtelater wui
Type specimen: CKGP 202220721, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ryonsang-dong, Sinuiju City, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ryonsang-dong, Sinuiju City
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