Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative spellings: Protelateridae, Protelaterini
Full reference: O. Schwarz. 1902. Ueber die Elateriden-Gattungen Protelater Sharp und Anaspasis Cand. und ihre systematische Stellung nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und Art. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1902:364-366
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to M. Motyka et al. 2026
See also Kundrata et al. 2020 and Kundrata et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, Elaterinae, Elaterites, Elaterium, Gripecolous, Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Ludiophanes, Mercata, Mionelater, Negastriinae, Omalisinae, Ovivagina, Paralithomerus, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Protagrypninae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Baltelater
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection) (Eocene of Poland)