Alternative combinations: Sinocupes validus, Zygadenia valida, Zygadenia validus
Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1976. The Jurassic fossil insects from western Liaoning. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 15(1):97-116
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Lin 1976, Strelnikova and Yan 2023 and Wang 1980
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 shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis
Type specimen: NIGP 20112, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is AAI046, Lingyuan, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at AAI046, Lingyuan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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