Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655
Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Carpenter 1992 and Pongrácz 1935
Sister taxa: Agrilinae, Agrilium, Ancylochira pinguis, Ancylochira striatopunctata, Ancylochira violaceocyanescens, Andakhudukia, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrites, Chrysochroa punctata, Chrysochroinae, Coroebus, Ctenicerium, Dictyorachys, Eurynucha, Eurythyreites, Iridotaenia hovassei, Julodinae, Macronotus, Mesostigmodera, Parathyreinae, Planocoleus, Polycestinae, Proctobuprestis, Stigmodera unicolor
Subtaxa: Archelater aeneoviridis Archelater major Archelater megaloprepus Archelater rutilogrammus
Type: Archelater major
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection) (Eocene of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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