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 Anthaxia according to M. Weidlich 1987
Sister taxa: Anthaxia beneckei, Anthaxia buschi, Anthaxia carbonaria, Anthaxia carniolica, Anthaxia crassicollis, Anthaxia deleta, Anthaxia doris, Anthaxia eocenica, Anthaxia exhumata, Anthaxia haupti, Anthaxia maculipennis, Anthaxia pallida, Anthaxia prasina, Anthaxia primaeva, Anthaxia punctifera, Anthaxia quadrimaculata, Anthaxia rubididorsa, Anthaxia ventricosa, Anthaxia viridicyanea, Anthaxia weidlichi
Type specimen: GPIUH G 85/56, an elytra. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection)
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