College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University. Beijing 100037, China
Abstract:
Two new species of elaterids assigned to two new genera with intriguing fossa on prosternum are described and illustrated:Bilineariselaterfoveatus gen.et sp.nov.and Curtelater wui gen.et sp.nov.from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China.The origin of the clicking mechanism in these beetles and the systematic position of the two genera are briefly discussed.