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Buprestis cupreostriata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Buprestis (Cypriacis) cupreostriata was named by Weidlich (1987). Its type specimen is GPIUH G 85/53, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Buprestis cupreostriata by Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Buprestis (Cypriacis) cupreostriata Weidlich p. 43
2008Buprestis cupreostriata Bellamy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyBuprestinae
tribeBuprestini
subtribeBuprestina
genusBuprestis
speciescupreostriata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Buprestis cupreostriata Weidlich 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Buprestis cupreostriata (114060)