Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185
Belongs to Buprestis according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Scudder 1879, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1895 and Scudder 1900
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 seyfriedi, Buprestis tertiaria, Buprestis tincta, Buprestis tradita, Buprestis viridis, Buprestis viridistriatus
Type specimen: GSC 53, an elytra. Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nicola river
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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