Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Synonym: Ludius Berthold 1827
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Elaterini according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1792, Fabricius 1798, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Strøm 1768, Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Burmogonus, Diaraphes, Elatron, Holopleurus, Orthoraphes
Subtaxa: Elater asmodeus Elater berryi Elater burmitinus Elater canabinus Elater florissantensis Elater mitrus Elater naumanni Elater rohweri Elater scudderi Elater wallesii Elater wisniowskii
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of China (2), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Colorado, Tennessee)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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