Buprestis sepulta

Buprestis sepulta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buprestoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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. sepulta

Name

  • †Buprestis sepulta 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 53
    • 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. 
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