Brochocoleus
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Brochocoleus is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Early Jurassic to the Early Late Cretaceous. With the earliest fossils coming from the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian of Charmouth, England, while the latest species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[1] 21 species are currently known:[2]
- †Brochocoleus alatus Ponomarenko, 1994
- †Brochocoleus angustus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007
- †Brochocoleus aphaleratus (Ponomarenko, 1969)
- †Brochocoleus applanatus Tan & Ren, 2009
- †Brochocoleus caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang, & Zheng, 2016
- †Brochocoleus cossiphus Ponomarenko, 1994
- †Brochocoleus crownsonae Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
- †Brochocoleus impressus (Ren, 1995)
- †Brochocoleus indibili Soriano & Delclòs, 2006
- †Brochocoleus keenani Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013
- †Brochocoleus magnus Tan & Ren, 2009
- †Brochocoleus maximus Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013
- †Brochocoleus minor Ponomarenko, 2000
- †Brochocoleus planus Ponomarenko, 1994
- †Brochocoleus punctatus Hong, 1982 (type species)
- †Brochocoleus rostratus Ponomarenko, 1999
- †Brochocoleus sulcatus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007
- †Brochocoleus tobini Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
- †Brochocoleus validus Tan & Ren, 2009
- †Brochocoleus yangshuwanziensis Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
- †Brochocoleus zhiyuani Liu, Tan, Jarzembowski, Wang, Ren, & Pang, 2017
References
- ^ Liu, Zhenhua; Tan, Jingjing; Ślipiński, Adam; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Ren, Dong; Pang, Hong (2017). "Brochocoleus Zhiyuani, a New Species of Brochocolein Beetle (Coleoptera: Ommatidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar". Annales Zoologici. 67 (1): 79–85. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.009. ISSN 0003-4541.
- ^ 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.