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Elater berryi

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Elater berryi was named by Wickham (1929). Its type specimen is USNM 80474, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is North of Jackson, Madison County, which is in a Bartonian pond claystone in the Cockfield Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Elater berryi Wickham p. 148 fig. 3
2021Elater berryi Kundrata et al. p. 30

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

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.

Elater berryi Wickham 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available