Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Alternative spelling: Agrypnides
Full reference: E. Candèze. 1857. Monographie des Élatérides, tome premier. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 12:1-400
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Barsevskis 2005, Bouchard et al. 2011, Dolin 1973, Dolin 1980, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021, Kusy et al. 2018, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, 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, Thylacosterninae, Turonelater
Subtaxa: Agrypnini Cretopachyderes Cryptocardiini Drilini Hemirhipini Oophorini Pseudomelanactini Pyrophorini
Type: Agrypnus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (12)
• Miocene of Germany (3)
• Eocene of Germany (33), Lithuania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Colorado)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (7)
Total: 64 collections including 95 occurrences