Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: M. Weidlich. 1987. Systematik und Taxonomie der Buprestidae des mitteleozänen Geiseltales (Insecta, Coleoptera). Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften 12:29-52
Belongs to Buprestis according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Weidlich 1987
Sister taxa: Buprestis (Ancylochira), Buprestis (Cypriacis), Buprestis alemanica, Buprestis auratostriata, Buprestis concinna, Buprestis cupreostriata, Buprestis deleta, Buprestis florissantensis, Buprestis gracilis, Buprestis griseomicans, Buprestis hauboldi, Buprestis heydeni, Buprestis kudiensis, Buprestis megistarche, Buprestis meyeri, Buprestis octomaculata, Buprestis pongraczi, Buprestis pristina, Buprestis redempta, Buprestis rusticana, Buprestis saxigena, Buprestis scudderi, Buprestis senecta, Buprestis seorsus, Buprestis sepulta, Buprestis seyfriedi, Buprestis tertiaria, Buprestis tincta, Buprestis tradita, Buprestis viridis, Buprestis viridistriatus
Type specimen: MLU-HW 2386, an elytra. Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle 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
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