Chrysobothris amberestris Bellamy 1999 (jewel beetle)

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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