Alternative combination: Echinocups neli
Full reference: E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang, and C. Y. Cai. 2019. New notocupedin beetle in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology 2:570-575
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski 2020 and Tihelka et al. 2019
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 ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: NIGP171163, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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