Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, B. Wang, H. C. Zhang and Y. Fang. 2015. Boring beetles are not necessarily dull: New notocupedins (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Mesozoic of Eurasia and East Gondwana. Cretaceous Research 52:431-439
Belongs to Zygadenia according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Jarzembowski et al. 2015, Kirejtshuk 2020 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Zygadenia alexrasnitsyni, Zygadenia angliae, Zygadenia cornigera, Zygadenia floodpagei, Zygadenia giebeli, Zygadenia handlirschi, Zygadenia liui, Zygadenia martinae, Zygadenia semen, Zygadenia sibirica, Zygadenia sinitzae, Zygadenia tuberculata, Zygadenia westraliensis
Type specimen: BMNH II 3067, an elytra. Its type locality is Beare Green brickworks (BMNH collection), which is in a Barremian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.