Alternative combination: Zygadenia lini
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko, E. V. Yan, B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2012. Revision of some early Mesozoic beetles from China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 51:475-490
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko et al. 2012 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 ludongensis, Notocupes mongolicus, Notocupes neli, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: NIGP 70070, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is KHG 125, Bed 50, Guanyintan, Qiyang County, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Guanyintan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at KHG 125, Bed 50, Guanyintan, Qiyang County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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