†Ensicupes obtusus Zhang 1997 (reticulated beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Full reference: H. C. Zhang. 1997. Early Cretaceous insects from the Dalazi Formation of the Zhixin basin, Jilin Province, China. Palaeoworld 7:75-103
Belongs to Ensicupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2016
See also Zhang 1997
Sister taxon: Ensicupes guyangensis
Type specimen: NIGP 124659, an elytra. Its type locality is Zhixin Forest Farm, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Dalazi Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Zhixin Forest Farm
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