†Melanophila heeri Wickham 1914 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1914. Twenty new Coleoptera from the Florissant Shales. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40:257-270
Belongs to Melanophila according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Melanophila cockerellae, Melanophila handlirschi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant
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