Brochocoleus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Archostemata
Superfamilia: Cupedoidea

Familia: Ommatidae
Subfamilia: Brochocoleinae
Genus: Brochocoleus
Species: B. alatus – B. angustus – B. aphaleratus – B. cossyphus – B. impressus – B. indibili – B. maculatus – B. minor – B. planus – B. punctatus – B. rostratus – B. sulcatus
Name

†Brochocoleus Y.C. Hong, 1982
Synonymy

†Diluticupes Ren, 1995

NOTE: name missing from ION
References

Hong 1982: Jiuquan Pendi kunchong huashi [Mesozoic fossil insects of Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province.] Geological Publishing House, Peking.
Ren, D. 1995: Fossil insects. In Faunae and stratigraphy of the Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and adjacent areas, Beijing. Seismic, Beijing.
Tan, J.; Ren, D.; Shih, K.C. 2007: New ommatids of Ommatinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Progress in natural science, 17: 803–811.

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Brochocoleus is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Early Jurassic to the Early Late Cretaceous.[1] 9 species are currently recognised, with many species being reassigned to other genera by Kirejtshuk's major systematic revision in 2020.[2]

†Brochocoleus alatus Ponomarenko, 1994 Ulan-Argalant Formation, Mongolia, Barremian
†Brochocoleus cossiphus Ponomarenko, 1994 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
†Brochocoleus keenani Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Barremian
†Brochocoleus maculatus (Whalley 1985) Charmouth Mudstone Formation, United Kingdom, Sinemurian
†Brochocoleus maximus Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013 Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Berriasian
†Brochocoleus planus Ponomarenko, 1994 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
†Brochocoleus punctatus Hong, 1982 (type species) Chijinbao Formation, China, Aptian
†Brochocoleus rostratus Ponomarenko, 1999 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Turonian
†Brochocoleus tobini Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian

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

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.
Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences. 10 (2): 73. doi:10.3390/geosciences10020073. ISSN 2076-3263.