Buprestis saxigena

Buprestis saxigena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buprestoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Buprestinae
Tribus: Buprestini
Subtribus: Buprestina
Genus: Buprestis
Subgenus:incertae sedis
Species: †B. saxigena

Name

• †Buprestis saxigena Scudd., 1879

Type locality

• Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Below main coal seam, Nicola River site, Coldwater Beds, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: GSC 58
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

• None given

References

• Scudder, S. H (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. pp. 175–185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bellamy, C.L. 2008. A world catalogue and bibliography of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Volume 2: Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 77, pp. 626–1259. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. Reference page. 

Links

• Buprestis saxigena – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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