Anthaxia carniolica Pongrácz 1935 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combinations: Coroebus carniolicus, Eoanthaxites carniolicus

Full reference: A. Pongrácz. 1935. Die eozäne Insektenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 2:485-572

Belongs to Anthaxia according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Haupt 1950, Pongrácz 1935 and Weidlich 1987

Sister taxa: Anthaxia beneckei, Anthaxia buschi, Anthaxia carbonaria, Anthaxia crassicollis, Anthaxia deleta, Anthaxia doris, Anthaxia eocenica, Anthaxia exhumata, Anthaxia geiseltalensis, Anthaxia haupti, Anthaxia maculipennis, Anthaxia pallida, Anthaxia prasina, Anthaxia primaeva, Anthaxia punctifera, Anthaxia quadrimaculata, Anthaxia rubididorsa, Anthaxia ventricosa, Anthaxia viridicyanea, Anthaxia weidlichi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection)

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