Glaphyroptera insignis Heer 1852 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1852. Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's. Zwei Geologische Vorträge Gehalten im März 1852 1:1-15

Belongs to Glaphyroptera according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1852 and Heer 1864

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau

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