†Mesostigmodera typica Etheridge and Olliff 1890 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: R. Etheridge and A. S. Olliff. 1890. The Mesozoic and Tertiary insects of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 7:1-12
Belongs to Mesostigmodera according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Dunstan 1923, Etheridge and Olliff 1890, Handlirsch 1906 and Tillyard 1916
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSQIS5, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill, Bed H (Simmonds collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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