Buprestites viridis Meunier 1898 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1898. Description de quelques coléoptères de l'Oligocène d'Armissan (Aude). Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 22:113-115

Belongs to Buprestites according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Meunier 1898

Sister taxa: Buprestites aeneoviolacea, Buprestites agriloides, Buprestites alutacea, Buprestites carbonum, Buprestites debilis, Buprestites exstinctus, Buprestites falconeri, Buprestites goniaspis, Buprestites heeri, Buprestites lineatocollis, Buprestites major, Buprestites minnae, Buprestites obscura, Buprestites oeningensis, Buprestites purbecensis, Buprestites splendida, Buprestites xylographica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Armissan quarry, near Narbonne (Munich collection), which is in an Oligocene pond limestone in France

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Armissan quarry, near Narbonne (Munich collection)

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