Jarzembowskiops is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from one species, J. caseyi described from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. It was originally placed as a species of Brochocoleus[1], but was subsequently considered distinct enough to warrant its placement in its own separate genus.[2] The species is named after Raymond Casey, a British geologist, while the genus is named after Edmund Jarzembowski, a noted British palaeoentomologist.

Jarzembowskiops
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Jarzembowskiops
Kirejtshuk, 2020
Species:
J. caseyi
Binomial name
Jarzembowskiops caseyi
(Jarzembowski, Wang et Zheng, 2016)

References

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  1. ^ Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, B.; Zheng, Daran (December 2016). "An amber double first: a new brochocolein beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from northern Myanmar". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 127 (6): 676–680. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.11.005.
  2. ^ Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences. 10 (2): 73. Bibcode:2020Geosc..10...73K. doi:10.3390/geosciences10020073. ISSN 2076-3263.