†Philanthaxoides gallicus 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
Belongs to Philanthaxoides according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Bílý and Kirejtshuk 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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