Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1996. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of CIS. Paleontological Journal 30:559-565
Belongs to Metabuprestium according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alexeev 1996
Sister taxa: Metabuprestium arkagalense, Metabuprestium arkharense, Metabuprestium bayssense, Metabuprestium bontsaganense, Metabuprestium cretaceum, Metabuprestium cuneomaculatum, Metabuprestium dundulense, Metabuprestium granulipenne, Metabuprestium ichbogdoense, Metabuprestium latipenne, Metabuprestium minutum, Metabuprestium nobile, Metabuprestium ovale, Metabuprestium oyunchaiense, Metabuprestium shartologoiense, Metabuprestium sibiricum, Metabuprestium ustkivdense, Metabuprestium vitimense
Type specimen: PIN 3064/7130, an elytra. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 15), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl/siltstone in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 15)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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