Rhabdocupes

Extinct genus of beetles

Rhabdocupes
Temporal range: Carnian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Rhabdocupes
Ponomarenko, 1966

Rhabdocupes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Late Triassic Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan, containing the following species:[1]

  • Rhabdocupes baculatus Ponomarenko, 1969
  • Rhabdocupes longus Ponomarenko, 1966
  • Rhabdocupes minor Ponomarenko, 1966

Rhabdocupes may be closely related to the genus Notocupes.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Ommatidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
  2. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Tihelka, Erik; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Newton, Alfred F.; Xia, Fang-Yuan; Liu, Ye; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2023-08-22). "Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627. ISSN 2296-701X.
  3. ^ Li, Y.-D.; Tihelka, E.; Newton, A. F.; Huang, D.-Y.; Cai, C.-Y. (2023). "New species of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds, with discussion on the generic circumscription". Palaeoentomology. 6 (4): 398–415. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.11. S2CID 261331151.
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Rhabdocupes


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