Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combination: Ptosima sylvatica

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1914. New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53:423-494

Belongs to Ptosima according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Wickham 1914

Sister taxa: Ptosima abyssa, Ptosima schaefferi

Type specimen: MCZ 2473, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.