Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: Y. D. Li, M. G. Volkovitsh, and C. Y. Cai. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Dictyorachys gen. nov., an enigmatic genus of jewel beetles from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Bulletin of Geosciences 98:161-169

Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to Y. D. Li et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Agrilinae, Agrilium, Ancylochira pinguis, Ancylochira striatopunctata, Ancylochira violaceocyanescens, Andakhudukia, Archelater, Buprestinae, Chrysobothrites, Chrysochroa punctata, Chrysochroinae, Coroebus, Ctenicerium, Eurynucha, Eurythyreites, Iridotaenia hovassei, Julodinae, Macronotus, Mesostigmodera, Parathyreinae, Planocoleus, Polycestinae, Proctobuprestis, Stigmodera unicolor

Subtaxa: Dictyorachys callidictyus

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Type: Dictyorachys callidictyus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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