Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Invalid subtaxa: Eoanthaxites irregularis Haupt 1950 [replaced name], Eoanthaxites reticulatus Haupt 1956 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. Weidlich. 1987. Systematik und Taxonomie der Buprestidae des mitteleozänen Geiseltales (Insecta, Coleoptera). Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften 12:29-52
Belongs to Anthaxia according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Haupt 1950, Haupt 1956 and Weidlich 1987
Sister taxa: Anthaxia beneckei, Anthaxia buschi, Anthaxia carbonaria, Anthaxia carniolica, 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 weidlichi
Type specimens:
- Anthaxia viridicyanea: MLU-HW 1644, an elytra
- Eoanthaxites irregularis: Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.
- Eoanthaxites reticulatus: GPIUH G55/35, an elytra. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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