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Subfamily Cardiophorinae Candèze 1859

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Alternative spelling: Cardiophorites

Full reference: E. Candèze. 1859. Monographie des Élatérides, tome second. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 14:1-543

Parent taxon: Elateridae according to M. Motyka et al. 2026

See also Barsevskis 2005, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Dolin 1976, Dolin 1980, Kundrata et al. 2020, Kundrata et al. 2021, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961

Sister taxa: Acmaeodera burmitina, Adocetus, Agrypninae, Artinama, Bilineariselater, 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, Protelaterinae, Protocardiophorus, Pseudocardiophorites, Silicernius, Sinoelaterium, Spheniscosomus, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, Tetraraphes, Turonelater

Subtaxa: Cardiophorus Horistonotus

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Type: Cardiophorus

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of Lithuania (1), United States (6: Colorado)

Total: 10 collections including 18 occurrences

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