†Ctenicerium blissus Westwood 1854 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Synonyms: Buprestium dardanus Westwood 1854, Elater morrisi Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396
Belongs to Ctenicerium according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Giebel 1856 and Westwood 1854
Sister taxa: Ctenicerium gigas, Ctenicerium hylastes, Ctenicerium stygnus, Ctenicerium valgus
Type specimens:
- Ctenicerium blissus: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
- Buprestium dardanus: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Elater morrisi:
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.)
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