Cionocups

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Cionocups manukyani
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Cionocups
Kirejtshuk 2020
Species:
C. manukyani
Binomial name
Cionocups manukyani
Kirejtshuk 2020

Cionocups is an extinct genus of Ommatine beetle. It is known from a single species, Cionocups manukyani, found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. It is considered to be closely related to the genus Cionocoleus.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences. 10 (2): 73. doi:10.3390/geosciences10020073. ISSN 2076-3263.
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