Sinoparathyrea gracilenta Pan et al. 2011 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: X. X. Pan, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The first fossil buprestids from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 2745:53-62

Belongs to Sinoparathyrea according to X. X. Pan et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Sinoparathyrea bimaculata, Sinoparathyrea robusta

Type specimen: CNU-COL-NN2010407, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection)

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