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First fossil jewel beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Middle Miocene deposits in Bulgaria


Nikolay Simov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2964; Mario Langourov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-3420; Vladimir Sakalian https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4172-2555; Vladimir Bozukov

17 March 2021 · volume 42 · [issue 5] · pp. 31–34 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: The first fossil jewel beetle discovered in Bulgaria is reported from deposits of the Satovcha Basin dated to the Middle Miocene.

Keywords: Balkans, Buprestidae, Miocene, Rhodopes, Satovcha

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Simov N., Langourov M., Sakalian V., Bozukov V. 2021 First fossil jewel beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Middle Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 42: 31–34.

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