†Perotis lavateri Heer 1847 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229
Belongs to Perotis according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Heer 1847
Sister taxa: Perotis bruckmanni, Perotis hausmanni, Perotis laevigatus, Perotis lugubris, Perotis messelensis, Perotis reditus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection)
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