Brochocoleus

Brochocoleus
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1] 10 species are currently recognised, with many species being reassigned to other genera by Kirejtshuk's major systematic revision in 2020.[2]

Formerly assigned species

  • Brochocoleus angustus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007 Moved to Pareuryomma
  • Brochocoleus aphaleratus (Ponomarenko, 1969) Moved to Allophalerus
  • Brochocoleus applanatus Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang, & Zheng, 2016 Moved to Jarzembowskiops
  • Brochocoleus crowsonae Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus impressus (Ren, 1995) Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus indibili Soriano & Delclòs, 2006 Considered indeterminate by Kirejtshuk, 2020
  • Brochocoleus magnus Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus minor Ponomarenko, 2000 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus sulcatus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007 Moved to Odontomma
  • Brochocoleus validus Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus yangshuwanziensis Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013 Moved to Diluticupes
  • Brochocoleus zhiyuani Liu, Tan, Jarzembowski, Wang, Ren, & Pang, 2017 Moved to Burmocoleus

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. S2CID 264597717.