Lithocupes

Extinct genus of beetles

Lithocupes
Temporal range: Carnian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Lithocupes
Ponomarenko, 1966

Lithocupes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Carnian Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan containing the following species:[1]

  • Lithocupes gigas Ponomarenko, 1969
  • Lithocupes incertus Ponomarenko, 1966
  • Lithocupes punctatus Ponomarenko, 1969

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Lithocupes
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