Buprestites lineatocollis Piton 1940 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303

Belongs to Buprestites according to J. Balazuc and A. Descarpentries 1964

See also Piton 1940

Sister taxa: Buprestites aeneoviolacea, Buprestites agriloides, Buprestites alutacea, Buprestites carbonum, Buprestites debilis, Buprestites exstinctus, Buprestites falconeri, Buprestites goniaspis, Buprestites heeri, Buprestites major, Buprestites minnae, Buprestites obscura, Buprestites oeningensis, Buprestites purbecensis, Buprestites splendida, Buprestites viridis, Buprestites xylographica

Type specimen: Coll. Piton 112, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection)

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