Notes on the Morphology and Systematic Position of Lin, 1986, from the Jurassic of South China (Coleoptera: Elateroidea).

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State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.

Published: September 2021

The morphology of the Jurassic fossil Lin, 1986, which was previously placed in the extinct click-beetle subfamily Protagrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), is revised based on a re-examination of the type specimen. The validity of Protagrypninae is discussed and further questioned, partly based on the newly observed characters in , including the surface sculpture of the mesoventrite. A possible Throscidae affinity of monotypic Lin, 1986, as suggested in a recent study, is further critically reviewed.

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