Kzylordynia obscura Alexeev 1995 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1995. New taxa of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:310-317

Belongs to Kzylordynia according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Alexeev 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2383/305, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383), which is in a Turonian pond mudstone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383)

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