Brochocoleus

Brochocoleus
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: †Brochocoleus
Hong, 1982

Brochocoleus is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Early Jurassic to the Early Late Cretaceous. With the earliest fossils coming from the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian of Charmouth, England, while the latest species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[1] 21 species are currently known:[2]

  • Brochocoleus alatus Ponomarenko, 1994
  • Brochocoleus aphaleratus (Ponomarenko, 1969)
  • Brochocoleus cossiphus Ponomarenko, 1994
  • Brochocoleus impressus (Ren, 1995)
  • Brochocoleus indibili Soriano & Delclòs, 2006
  • Brochocoleus minor Ponomarenko, 2000
  • Brochocoleus planus Ponomarenko, 1994
  • Brochocoleus punctatus Hong, 1982
  • Brochocoleus rostratus Ponomarenko, 1999
  • Brochocoleus caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng, 2016
  • Brochocoleus maculatus Whalley, 1985

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.
  2. ↑ Ommatidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.


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