Glaphyroptera
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Glaphyroptera insignis is a fossil species of beetle
in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Glaphyroptera.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Glaphyroptera.