Alternative combinations: Chengdecupes kezuoense, Zygadenia kezuoensis
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1987. The study of Early Cretaceous insects of Kezuo, west Liaoning. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 18:76-87
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Hong 1987, Kirejtshuk 2020, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 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 khasurtyiensis, Notocupes laetus, Notocupes laiyangensis, Notocupes lapidarius, Notocupes latus, Notocupes lini, 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: Beijing Natural History Museum Lv8-1007, an elytra. Its type locality is Xiwan village, Meileyingzi, Kezuo, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Shahai Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xiwan village, Meileyingzi, Kezuo
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