Notocupes pingi Ponomarenko and Ren 2010 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combination: Zygadenia pingi

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko and D. Ren. 2010. First Record of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) In Locality Daohugou, Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Annales Zoologici 60(2):169-171

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

See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko and Ren 2010 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 pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus

Type specimen: CNU NN 2009 142, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2009 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2009 collection)

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