Alternative combinations: Picticupes tuanwangensis, Zygadenia tuanwangensis
Full reference: Y. C. Hong and W. L. Wang. 1990. Fossil insects from the Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province 44-189
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Hong and Wang 1990, Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 2000 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 lini, Notocupes ludongensis, Notocupes mongolicus, Notocupes neli, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes robustus, Notocupes rudis, Notocupes shiluoensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: Its type locality is 84GT1, west Tuanwang Village, Laiyang City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at 84GT1, west Tuanwang Village, Laiyang City
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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