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Notocupes excellens

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Notocupes excellens was named by Ponomarenko (1966). Its type specimen is PIN 1989/3007, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Notocupes excellens Ponomarenko p. 141 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
2020Zygadenia excellens Kirejtshuk p. 45
2021Notocupes excellens Strelnikova and Yan p. 502 figs. 2-4
2023Notocupes excellens Strelnikova and Yan p. 18 figs. 39. 43, 50, 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
genusNotocupes
speciesexcellens

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Notocupes excellens Ponomarenko 1966
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Diagnosis
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