Zygadenia is an extinct genus of archostematan beetles from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. It is considered to be a senior synonym of Notocupes by Kirejtshuk (2020),[1] but other researchers suggest to reserve the genus Zygadenia as a form taxon for isolated elytra that probably belong to the genus Notocupes, while retaining Notocupes as a valid genus for complete body fossils.[2][3][4]
| Zygadenia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Zygadenia Handlirsch, 1906 |
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Kakoselia Handlirsch, 1906 | |
Eleven species are included in the genus, after Strelnikova and Yan (2021, 2023).[2][3] Kirejtshuk (2020) notes that the two Lower Jurassic Australian species Z. westraliensis and Z. martinae possibly merit placement in their own separate genus.[1]
Jurassic species edit
Toarcian (182.7 Ma to 174.1 Ma) edit
- Cattamarra Coal Measures, Australia
- Z. martinae Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Z. westraliensis Riek 1968
Tithonian (152.1 Ma To 145.0 Ma) edit
- Shar Teeg, Mongolia
- Z. giebeli Ponomarenko 2014
- Z. handlirschi Ponomarenko 2014
Cretaceous species edit
Berriasian (145.0 Ma To 139.8 Ma) edit
- Lulworth Formation, United Kingdom
- Z. angliae (Giebel 1856)
- Z. tuberculata (Giebel, 1856)
Hauterivian (132.9 Ma to 129.4 Ma) edit
- Weald Clay, United Kingdom
- Z. angliae (Giebel 1856)
- Z. floodpagei Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Z. simpsoni Jarzembowski et al. 2015
Barremian (129.4 Ma to 125.0 Ma) edit
- Sinuiju Formation, North Korea
- Z. liui Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Weald Clay, United Kingdom
- Z. angliae (Giebel 1856)
- Z. floodpagei Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Z. tuberculata (Giebel 1856)
- Z. simpsoni Jarzembowski et al. 2015
Aptian (125.0 to ~113.0 Ma) edit
- Argun Formation, Russia
- Z. sinitzae Ponomarenko, 2000
- Sinuiju Formation, North Korea
- Z. liui Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Yixian Formation, China
- Z. liui Jarzembowski et al. 2015
- Zaza Formation, Buryatia, Russia
- Z. alexrasnitsyni Strelnikova & Yan, 2021
References edit
- ^ a b Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2020). "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.
- ^ a b Strelnikova, O.D.; Yan, E.V. (2021). "Redescriptions of beetles of the Notocupes generic complex (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia". Palaeoentomology. 4 (5): 499–514. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.15. S2CID 240527664.
- ^ a b Strelnikova, O.D.; Yan, E.V. (2023). "Redescriptions of the Triassic Notocupes beetles (Archostemata: Ommatidae) from Kyrgyzstan and South Kazakhstan". Palaeoentomology. 6 (2): 174–190. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.9. S2CID 258403180.
- ^ Soo Bin Lee; Gi Soo Nam; Yan-Da Li (2022). "A new species of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Jinju Formation in South Korea". Cretaceous Research. 140: 105357. Bibcode:2022CrRes.14005357L. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105357. S2CID 252147645.