Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1995. New taxa of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:310-317
Parent taxon: Buprestidae according to A. V. Alexeev 1995
Sister taxa: Acmaeodera, Agrilinae, Andakhudukia, Buprestinae, Chalcophora, Chrysobothris, Chrysochroa, Chrysochroinae, Ctenicerium, Damarsila, Dicercoptera, Eolampetis, Euchroma, Eurynucha, Eurythyrea, Eurythyreites, Fuesslinia, Illolampra, Iridotaenia, Julodinae, Jurabuprestis, Kzylordynia, Lampra, Melanophila, Mesostigmodera, Micranthaxia, Parabuprestium, Paragrilium, Parathyreinae, Perotis, Planocoleus, Polybothris, Proctobuprestis, Protogenia, Pseudochrysobothris, Psiloptera, Ptosima, Rhabdoglyptus, Schizopodinae, Stigmodera, Stizonotus
Subtaxa: Metabuprestium arkharense, Metabuprestium bayssense, Metabuprestium bontsaganense, Metabuprestium cretaceum, Metabuprestium cuneomaculatum, Metabuprestium dundulense, Metabuprestium furcatorugosum, Metabuprestium granulipenne, Metabuprestium latipenne, Metabuprestium minutum, Metabuprestium nobile, Metabuprestium ovale, Metabuprestium oyunchaiense, Metabuprestium shartologoiense, Metabuprestium ustkivdense, Metabuprestium vitimense
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