†Mesostigmodera typica Etheridge Jr. and Olliff 1890 (jewel beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. and A. S. Olliff. 1890. The Mesozoic and Tertiary insects of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 7:1-12
Belongs to Mesostigmodera according to R. J. Tillyard 1916
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSQIS5, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill, Bed H (Simmonds collection), which is in a Carnian lacustrine siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Average measurements (in mm): elytron 15.0 x 4.8