Proctobuprestis Handlirsch 1906 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to A. Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: Agrilinae, Agrilium, Ancylochira pinguis, Ancylochira striatopunctata, Ancylochira violaceocyanescens, Andakhudukia, Archelater, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrites, Chrysochroa punctata, Chrysochroinae, Coroebus, Ctenicerium, Dictyorachys, Eurynucha, Eurythyreites, Iridotaenia hovassei, Julodinae, Macronotus, Mesostigmodera, Parathyreinae, Planocoleus, Polycestinae, Stigmodera unicolor

Subtaxa: Proctobuprestis brevicollis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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