†Melanophila handlirschi Wickham 1912 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1912. A report on some recent collections of fossil Coleoptera from the Miocene shales of Florissant. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(3):3-38
Belongs to Melanophila according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Wickham 1912 and Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Melanophila cockerellae, Melanophila heeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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