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Buprestinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	70065	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=70065

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Buprestinae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Buprestoidea	Leach 1815
family	Buprestidae
subfamily	Buprestinae	Leach 1815

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Buprestinae	subfamily	belongs to Buprestidae	stated with evidence	Weidlich, 1987
Buprestinae	subfamily	belongs to Buprestidae	stated without evidence	Lawrence and Newton, 1995
Buprestinae	subfamily	belongs to Buprestidae	stated with evidence	Wappler, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

157

Extant Size (PBDB)

20 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

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

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anthaxiini tribe	listed (PBDB)	25	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Buprestini tribe	listed (PBDB)	46	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Chrysobothrini tribe	listed (PBDB)	6	151 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Melanophilini tribe	listed (PBDB)	7	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Stigmoderini tribe	listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Thomassetiini tribe	listed (PBDB)	2	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Brachyspathus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Brevista ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Buprestites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	22	61.6 Ma Paleocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cretothyrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eolampra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Fuesslinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Glaphyroptera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	47.8 Ma Eocene
Illolampra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Jurabuprestis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Kzylordynia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lomatus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metabuprestium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Micranthaxia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Protogenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Pseudothyrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Trapezitergum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Buprestinae Leach p. 85
1935	Glaphyropteridae Pongrácz p. 541
1940	Glaphyropteridae Piton p. 177
1987	Buprestinae Weidlich p. 34
1989	Buprestinae Zhang p. 422
1994	Buprestinae Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann p. 91
1995	Buprestinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2003	Buprestinae Wappler
2008	Buprestinae Bellamy p. 34
2011	Buprestinae Bouchard et al. p. 283

References

Leach W. E. Entomology, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9, 57-172

Pongrácz A. (1935) Die eozäne Insektenfauna des Geiseltales, Nova Acta Leopoldina 2, 485-572

Piton L. (1940) , Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune), 1-303

Weidlich M. (1987) Systematik und Taxonomie der Buprestidae des mitteleozänen Geiseltales (Insecta, Coleoptera), Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften 12, 29-52

Zhang J. F. (1989) , Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China, 1-459

Hörnschemeyer T., Wedmann S. (1994) Fossile Prachtkäfer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae) aus dem Mitteleozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt, Teil 1, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 170, 85-136

Lawrence J. F., Newton, Jr. A. F. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera, Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A Crowson, 779-1006

Wappler T. (2003) Die Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel, Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft 27, 1-234

Bellamy C. L. (2008) , A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Volume 1: Introduction; Fossil Taxa; Schizopodidae; Buprestidae: Julodinae - Chrysochroinae: Poecilonotini, 1-625

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

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!

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