Echinocups

Echinocups; Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Archostemata
Family:	Ommatidae
Genus:	†Echinocups; Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski 2020
Species
	†Echinocups denticollis (Jiang et al. 2020); †Echinocups neli (Tihelka et al. 2019); †Echinocups ohmkuhnlei (Jarzembowski et al. 2019);

Echinocups is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It was created in 2020 to house three species originally assigned to Notocupes, E. denticollis,^[1] E. neli^[2] and E. ohmkuhnlei^[3] The genus name refers to the sharp spikes present on the elytra.^[4] All three species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. The status of Echinocups as a distinct genus was contested by Li et al. (2023), who considered the genus Echinocups to be a junior synonym of the genus Notocupes.^[5]

References

^ Jiang, Zhuoyin; Li, Yingge; Song, Chengjun; Shi, Hongliang; Liu, Ye; Chen, Rui; Kong, Fanli (April 2020). "A new species of the genus Notocupes from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104335. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104335. ISSN 0195-6671.
^ TIHELKA, ERIK; HUANG, DIYING; CAI, CHENYANG (2019-12-20). "New notocupedin beetle in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Palaeoentomology. 2 (6): 570–575. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.5. ISSN 2624-2834.
^ Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (February 2020). "The first notocupedin beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104225. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104225. ISSN 0195-6671.
^ A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73
^ 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.

[1] Jiang, Zhuoyin; Li, Yingge; Song, Chengjun; Shi, Hongliang; Liu, Ye; Chen, Rui; Kong, Fanli (April 2020). "A new species of the genus Notocupes from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104335. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104335. ISSN 0195-6671.

[2] TIHELKA, ERIK; HUANG, DIYING; CAI, CHENYANG (2019-12-20). "New notocupedin beetle in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Palaeoentomology. 2 (6): 570–575. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.5. ISSN 2624-2834.

[3] Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (February 2020). "The first notocupedin beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104225. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104225. ISSN 0195-6671.

[4] A. G. Kirejtshuk and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. Appendix A. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73

[5] 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.

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