Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Elateridae according to R. Kundrata et al. 2023
See also Barsevskis 2005, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Szabó et al. 2022, Triskova et al. 2022, Webster 2016 and Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, Cardiophorinae, Cebrioninae, Cretocardiophorus, Cretoelaterium, Cryptagriotes, Cryptocoelus, Dendrometrinae, Denticollinae, Elater maculatus, Elateridium, 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: Agriotini Ajkaelater Ampedini Crioraphes Elaterini Megapenthini Melanotini Physorhinini Pomachiliini Synaptini
Type: Elater
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection), the United Kingdom (13), United States (1: Colorado)
• Miocene of China (2), Germany (2), Mexico (3), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (4: Colorado, Tennessee)
• Cretaceous of Hungary (1), Myanmar (3)
Total: 36 collections including 53 occurrences