Buprestis tincta Heer 1862 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combination: Ancylochira tincta

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 Buprestis according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Heer 1862 and Heer 1864

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 margineaurata, 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 tradita, Buprestis viridis, Buprestis viridistriatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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