Notocupes shiluoensis Hong 1984

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combinations: Chengdecupes shiluoense, Zygadenia shiluoensis

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of North China, II, Mesozoic Volume 128-185

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

See also Hong 1984, Kirejtshuk 2020, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 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 pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mengjiachang, Shilou County, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Yanchang Formation of China

Distribution: found only at Mengjiachang, Shilou County

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