Cionocups
Cionocups manukyani Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ommatidae |
Genus: | †Cionocups Kirejtshuk 2020 |
Species: | †C. manukyani
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Binomial name | |
†Cionocups manukyani Kirejtshuk 2020
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Burmese amber
- Ommatidae
- Fossil taxa described in 2020
- Prehistoric beetle genera