†Philanthaxoides Bílý and Kirejtshuk 2007 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: S. Bílý and A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2007. Philanthaxoides gallicus gen. nov. sp. nov. from the lowermost Eocene French amber (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 14:181-186
Parent taxon: Thomassetiini according to S. Bílý and A. G. Kirejtshuk 2007
See also Bellamy 2008
Sister taxon: Philanthaxiina
Subtaxa: Philanthaxoides gallicus
Type: Philanthaxoides gallicus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy (Eocene of France)
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