†Chrysobothris amberestris Bellamy 1999 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: C. L. Bellamy. 1999. A New Species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican Amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 53(4):321-323
Belongs to Chrysobothris according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Bellamy 1999
Sister taxa: Chrysobothris coloradensis, Chrysobothris gahani, Chrysobothris haydeni, Chrysobothris suppressa, Chrysobothris veterana
Type specimen: AMNH No. DR-14-263, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
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