Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alekseev. 1994. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Eurasia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):9-34
Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Alekseev 1994 and Bellamy 2008
Sister taxa: Agrilinae, Agrilium, Ancylochira pinguis, Ancylochira striatopunctata, Ancylochira violaceocyanescens, Andakhudukia, Archelater, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrites, Chrysochroa punctata, Chrysochroinae, Coroebus, Ctenicerium, Dictyorachys, Eurynucha, Eurythyreites, Iridotaenia hovassei, Julodinae, Macronotus, Mesostigmodera, Planocoleus, Polycestinae, Proctobuprestis, Stigmodera unicolor
Subtaxa: Acmaeoderimorpha Ancestrimorpha Cretalbiana Cretocrassisoma Cretoelegantella Cretofrontolina Dicercoptera Karatausia Mongoligena Mongolobuprestis Paleas Paramongoligena Parathyrea Pseudochrysobothris Pseudomongoligena Sinoparathyrea Stigmoderimorpha Umerata
Type: Parathyrea
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 10 collections including 24 occurrences