Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Jiang et al. 2021, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Wappler 2003 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Agrilium, Ancylochira pinguis, Ancylochira striatopunctata, Ancylochira violaceocyanescens, Andakhudukia, Archelater, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrites, Chrysochroa punctata, Chrysochroinae, Coroebus, Ctenicerium, Dictyorachys, Eurynucha, Eurythyreites, Iridotaenia hovassei, Julodinae, Macronotus, Mesostigmodera, Parathyreinae, Planocoleus, Polycestinae, Proctobuprestis, Stigmodera unicolor
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (5 collections), United States (1: Colorado)
• Miocene of China (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Germany (7), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 18 collections including 25 occurrences