Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1996. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of CIS. Paleontological Journal 30:559-565

Belongs to Metabuprestium according to A. V. Alexeev 1996

Sister taxa: Metabuprestium arkharense, Metabuprestium bayssense, Metabuprestium bontsaganense, Metabuprestium cretaceum, Metabuprestium cuneomaculatum, Metabuprestium dundulense, Metabuprestium furcatorugosum, Metabuprestium granulipenne, Metabuprestium minutum, Metabuprestium nobile, Metabuprestium ovale, Metabuprestium oyunchaiense, Metabuprestium shartologoiense, Metabuprestium ustkivdense, Metabuprestium vitimense

Type specimen: PIN 1989/2929, an elytra. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989, layer 31), which is in a Berriasian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): elytron 6.70 x 2.10