Cionocups is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Cionocups manukyani, found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. It was originally considered to be closely related to the genus Cionocoleus,[1] but it is considered a junior synonym of Omma by some subsequent authors.[2]
Cionocups manukyani Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-11-30). "New species of Omma Newman from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Archostemata, Ommatidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 68 (2): 341–348. doi:10.3897/dez.68.74174. ISSN 1860-1324. S2CID 244783528.