''Rhabdocupes'' 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 Late Triassic
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:
* ''
Rhabdocupes baculatus
''Rhabdocupes'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Late Triassic Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan, containing the following species:
* '' Rhabdocupes baculatus'' Ponomarenko, 1969
* '' Rhabdocupes longus'' Pono ...
''
Ponomarenko, 1969
* ''
Rhabdocupes longus
''Rhabdocupes'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Late Triassic Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan, containing the following species:
* ''Rhabdocupes baculatus'' Ponomarenko, 1969
* '' Rhabdocupes longus'' Ponom ...
''
Ponomarenko, 1966
* ''
Rhabdocupes minor
''Rhabdocupes'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Late Triassic Madygen Formation
The Madygen Formation (Russian language, Russian: Madygen Svita) is a Middle Triassic, Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian–Ca ...
''
Ponomarenko, 1966
''Rhabdocupes'' may be closely related to the genus ''
Notocupes
''Notocupes'' is an extinct genus of medium-sized archostematan beetles from the Mesozoic Era of Eurasia, including over 50 described species. Historically, the genus was classified as a member of the family Ommatidae, but the presence of charact ...
''.
References
Archostemata
Carnian genera
Fossils of Kyrgyzstan
Madygen Formation
Fossil beetle genera
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