Alternative combination: Zygadenia pulchra
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1968. Zhuki-Arkhostematy Yury Karatau (Coleoptera, Archostemata) [Jurassic Archostematid beetles from Karatau (Coleoptera, Archostemata)]. Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau] 118-138
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1968 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Lupicupes trachylaenus, Notocupes alienus, Notocupes baojiatunensis, Notocupes caudatus, Notocupes cyclodontus, Notocupes daohugouensis, Notocupes diazromerali, Notocupes elegans, Notocupes excellens, Notocupes kezuoensis, Notocupes khasurtyiensis, Notocupes laetus, Notocupes laiyangensis, Notocupes lapidarius, Notocupes latus, Notocupes lini, Notocupes ludongensis, Notocupes mongolicus, Notocupes neli, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: PIN 2239/814, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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