Brochocoleus

Brochocoleus
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: †Brochocoleus
Y.C. Hong, 1982

Brochocoleus is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Early Jurassic to the Early Late Cretaceous. 10 species are currently recognised, with many species being reassigned to other genera by Kirejtshuk's major systematic revision in 2020.

Formerly assigned species

References

  1. ↑ 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. S2CID 90264728.
  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.
  3. ↑ Lee, S.B.; Nam, G.S.; Park, J.K.; Lee, B.H.; Li, Y.-D. (2023). "Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera): Archostemata". Palaeoentomology. 6 (5): 496–506. doi:10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.6.5.8. hdl:1983/bfe2cdc9-9eee-46b8-a2aa-944ea1015a7f. S2CID 264597717.
  4. ↑ Tang, Y.; Li, M.; Song, Z.; Xu, H.; Wang, H.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Wang, B. (2024). "A new Early Cretaceous ommatine beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata) from Inner Mongolia, China". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 135 (5): 528–532. Bibcode:2024PrGA..135..528T. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.08.002.