†Chalcophora espanoli Fernández de Villalta 1962 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: J. Fernández de Villalta. 1962. Dos coleópteros fósiles procedentes de la depresión de Cerdanya (Lérida). Estudios Geologicos 28:105-109
Belongs to Chalcophora according to J. Fernández de Villalta 1962
Sister taxa: Chalcophora laevigata, Chalcophora oligocenica, Chalcophora pulchella
Type specimen: Villalta 3697/8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MGBV collection), which is in a Vallesian/Turolian lacustrine - small mudstone in Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MGBV collection)
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