Mongoligena curta Alekseev 1994 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: A. V. Alekseev. 1994. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Eurasia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):9-34

Belongs to Mongoligena according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Alekseev 1994

Sister taxa: Mongoligena popovi, Mongoligena vulgata

Type specimen: PIN 3559/5771, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)

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