Brachilatus foersteri Ponomarenko 1971

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combinations: Notocupes foersteri, Zygadenia foersteri

Synonym: Notocupes reticulatus Ponomarenko 1968 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1971. Systematic position of some beetles from the Solenhofen shales of Bavaria. Paleontological Journal 5:62-75

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

See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1968, Ponomarenko 1971 and Soriano and Delclos 2006

Sister taxa: Brachilatus caducus, Brachilatus dundulaensis, Brachilatus longicoxa, Brachilatus nigrimonticola, Brachilatus oculatus, Brachilatus premeris, Brachilatus spinosus, Brachilatus viridis

Type specimens:

  • Brachilatus foersteri: PIN 2239/815, an exoskeleton
  • Notocupes reticulatus: PIN 2239/815, 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.

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239) (Jurassic of Kazakhstan)

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