Buprestis cupreostriata Weidlich 1987 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Alternative combinations: Buprestis (Cypriacis) cupreostriata, Buprestis cuprostriata

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 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 tincta, Buprestis tradita, Buprestis viridis, Buprestis viridistriatus

Type specimen: GPIUH G 85/53, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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