Notocupes mongolicus Ponomarenko 1994 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combination: Zygadenia mongolica

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115

Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023

See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1994 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 neli, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus

Type specimen: PIN 3559/6028, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 23/22), which is in a Barremian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Ulan-Argalant Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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