''Lithocupes'' is an extinct genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

Ommatidae The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. There are only seven extant species, confined to Australia and South America. Howev ...

, known from the

Carnian The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Triassic series (stratigraphy), Series (or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Triassic Epoch (reference date), Epoch). It lasted from 237 to 227.3 ...

Madygen Formation The Madygen Formation (Russian language, Russian: Madygen Svita) is a Middle Triassic, Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian) geologic formation and lagerstätte in the Batken Region, Batken and Osh Regions of western Kyrgyzstan, with minor ...

of Kyrgyzstan containing the following species:Ommatidae Species List
at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012. * '' Lithocupes gigas'' Ponomarenko, 1969 * '' Lithocupes incertus'' Ponomarenko, 1966 * '' Lithocupes punctatus'' Ponomarenko, 1969

References

Ommatidae Carnian genera Fossils of Kyrgyzstan Madygen Formation Fossil beetle genera {{paleo-beetle-stub