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 bayssense, Metabuprestium bontsaganense, Metabuprestium cretaceum, Metabuprestium cuneomaculatum, Metabuprestium dundulense, Metabuprestium furcatorugosum, 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 2055/183(184), an elytra. Its type locality is Arkhara (PIN collection 2055), which is in a Danian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Darmakan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Arkhara (PIN collection 2055)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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