Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Alternative combination: Brochocoleus validus

Full reference: J. J. Tan and D. Ren. 2009. Mesozoic Archostematan Fauna from China 1-347

Belongs to Diluticupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Tan and Ren 2009

Sister taxa: Diluticupes applanatus, Diluticupes crowsonae, Diluticupes impressus, Diluticupes magnus, Diluticupes minor, Diluticupes yangshuwanziensis

Type specimen: NIGP 143727, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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