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Buprestidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | jewel beetle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 73 (20%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agrilinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Buprestinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 171 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Chrysochroinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 108 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Julodinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Parathyreinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Polycestinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Agrilium ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Andakhudukia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Archelater ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Coroebus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Ctenicerium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Eurynucha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Eurythyreites ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Macronotus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesostigmodera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Parabuprestium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Paragrilium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Planocoleus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Proctobuprestis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1865 | Chrysobothrites Heer p. 88 |
| 1940 | Chrysochroa punctata Piton p. 180 fig. 49 |
| 1940 | Iridotaenia hovassei Piton p. 181 figs. Pl XVII fig 11 |
| 1940 | Ancylochira pinguis Piton p. 187 figs. Pl XVII fig 4 |
| 1940 | Ancylochira striatopunctata Piton pp. 187-188 fig. 54 |
| 1940 | Ancylochira violaceocyanescens Piton p. 189 figs. Pl XVIII fig 3-12 |
| 1940 | Stigmodera unicolor Piton p. 194 figs. Pl XVIII fig 4 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Buprestidae Crowson p. 696 |
| 1989 | Buprestidae Zhang p. 422 |
| 1995 | Buprestidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2008 | Buprestidae Bellamy p. 30 |
| 2008 | Chrysobothrites Bellamy p. 39 |
| 2011 | Buprestidae Bouchard et al. p. 283 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
