Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1917. New Species of Fossil Beetles from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:463-472
Parent taxon: Buprestinae according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Wickham 1917
Sister taxa: Anthaxiini, Brevista, Buprestini, Buprestites, Chrysobothrini, Cretothyrea, Eolampra, Fuesslinia, Glaphyropteridae, Illolampra, Jurabuprestis, Kzylordynia, Lomatus, Melanophilini, Metabuprestium, Micranthaxia, Protogenia, Pseudothyrea, Stigmoderini, Thomassetiini, Trapezitergum
Subtaxa: Brachyspathus curiosus
Type: Brachyspathus curiosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14 (Eocene of Colorado)
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