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 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 2385/924, an elytra. Its type locality is Pad Semen (PIN collection 2385), which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Argun Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pad Semen (PIN collection 2385)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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