Archeobuprestis

Archeobuprestis is an ichnogenus of bioerosion trace fossils that are thought to have been produced by the larvae of beetles in the family Buprestidae (the jewel beetles). The ichnogenus was first described under the name Paleobuprestis by American paleontologist and park naturalist Myrl V. Walker in 1938, based on channels found just under the bark of petrified logs from the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. He described two different species of these markings: Paleobuprestis maxima for channels with a diameter of about 10 mm, and Paleobuprestis minima for those with a diameter of only 2 mm. In 2006, the ichnogenus was renamed to Archeobuprestis by Charles L. Bellamy, who considered the name Paleobuprestis to be invalid because it lacked a type species designation.

Wisshak, Knaust and Bertling (2019) classify the ichnogenus Paleobuprestis as a member of the ichnofamily Trypanitidae, which also includes the common trace fossil Trypanites.