Stigmodera hyperboreus Heer 1870 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combination: Carabites hyperboreus

Full reference: O. Heer. 1870. Die Miocene flora und fauna Spitzbergens. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 8(7):1-98

Belongs to Stigmodera according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Birket-Smith 1977 and Heer 1870

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Nat. Riks. Ar. 34, an elytra. Its type locality is Cap Staratschin, which is in a Danian/Selandian delta plain shale in the Firkanten Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cap Staratschin

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