Notocupes pingi was named by Ponomarenko and Ren (2010). Its type specimen is CNU NN 2009 142, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2009 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Zygadenia pingi by Kirejtshuk (2020).