Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Alternative combination: Buprestis major
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1837. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Fauna Insectorum Europae 19
Belongs to Buprestites according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Germar 1837
Sister taxa: Buprestites aeneoviolacea, Buprestites agriloides, Buprestites alutacea, Buprestites carbonum, Buprestites debilis, Buprestites exstinctus, Buprestites falconeri, Buprestites goniaspis, Buprestites heeri, Buprestites lineatocollis, Buprestites minnae, Buprestites obscura, Buprestites oeningensis, Buprestites purbecensis, Buprestites splendida, Buprestites viridis, Buprestites xylographica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Orsberg (Goldfuss Bonn collection), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orsberg (Goldfuss Bonn collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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