Alternative combinations: Ovatocupes alienus, Zygadenia aliena
Full reference: J. J. Tan and D. Ren. 2006. Ovatocupes: a new cupedid genus (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from the Jehol biota (Late Jurassic) of western Liaoning, China. Entomological News 117:223-232
Belongs to Notocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Strelnikova and Yan 2023, Tan and Ren 2006 and Tan and Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Lupicupes trachylaenus, 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 tuanwangensis, Notocupes validus
Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2005001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2005 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2005 collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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