Buprestites agriloides Heer 1862 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1862. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna Oeningens: Coleoptera. Geodephagen, Hydrocanthariden, Gyriniden, Brachelytren, Clavicornen, Lamellicornen und Buprestiden. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 16(2):1-90

Belongs to Buprestites according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Heer 1862

Sister taxa: Buprestites aeneoviolacea, 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 viridis, Buprestites xylographica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Haseninsel (Hareøen), which is in a Selandian lacustrine mudstone in the Atanikerluk Formation of Greenland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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