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Elaterites lavateri

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Elaterites lavateri was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Elaterites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Elaterites lavateri Heer p. 141 figs. Pl 4, fig 8
2020Elaterites lavateri Kundrata et al. p. 17
2021Elaterites lavateri Kundrata et al. p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
genusElaterites
specieslavateri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Elaterites lavateri Heer 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available