Eurythyreites grandis Deichmüller 1886 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combination: Eurythyrea grandis

Full reference: J. V. Deichmüller. 1886. Die Insecten aus dem lithographischen Schiefer. Mitteilungen. Koniglichen Mineralogisch-Geologischen und Prehistorischen Museum in Dresden 7:1-84

Belongs to Eurythyreites according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Bellamy 2008, Deichmüller 1886 and Oppenheim 1888

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection)

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