Alternative combinations: Notocupes lentus, Tetraphalerus lentus, Zygadenia lenta, Zygadenia lentus
Full reference: D. Ren. 1995. Insecta. Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas 47-121
Belongs to Rhabdocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 2000, Ren 1995 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Rhabdocupes baculatus, Rhabdocupes cellulosus, Rhabdocupes dischides, Rhabdocupes issykkulensis, Rhabdocupes laticella, Rhabdocupes longus, Rhabdocupes minisculus, Rhabdocupes minor, Rhabdocupes oxypygus, Rhabdocupes protensus, Rhabdocupes rostratus, Rhabdocupes sogutensis, Rhabdocupes tenuis, Rhabdocupes vitimensis
Type specimen: HD93001/2, an exoskeleton (complete beetle). Its type locality is Jingshang, Luanping County, which is in a Hauterivian lacustrine mudstone in the Dabeigou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Jingshang, Luanping County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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