Protelaterini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Lissominae
Tribus: Protelaterini
Genera (6): Anaspasis – Austrelater – Protelater – Sphaenelater – Tunon – Valdivelater
Name

Protelaterini
Synonyms

Sphaenelaterini Stibick, 1979

References

Calder, A.A.; Lawrence, J.F.; Trueman, J.W.H. 1993: Austrelater, gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with a description of the larva and comments on elaterid relationships. Invertebrate taxonomy, 7: 1349–1394. DOI: 10.1071/IT9931349
Lawrence, J.F.; Arias, E.T. 2009: Valdivelater, a new genus of Protelaterini (Elateridae: Lissominae) from the forests of Central and Southern Chile. Annales zoologici, 59 (3): 319–328. DOI: 10.3161/000345409X476422 PDF
Stibick, J.N.F. 1979: Classification of the Elateridae (Coleoptera). Relationships and classification of the subfamilies and tribes. Pacific insects, 20: 145–186. PDF