Alternative combinations: Notocupes oculata, Zygadenia oculata
Full reference: C. Soriano and X. Delclos. 2006. New cupedid beetles from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and the palaeogeography of the family. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51:185-200
Belongs to Brachilatus according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Soriano and Delclos 2006 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Brachilatus caducus, Brachilatus dundulaensis, Brachilatus foersteri, Brachilatus longicoxa, Brachilatus nigrimonticola, Brachilatus premeris, Brachilatus spinosus, Brachilatus viridis
Type specimen: IEI LC 3675, an exoskeleton (lacking most part of antennae and legs). Its type locality is La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the la Pedrera de Rubies Formation of Spain.
Distribution: found only at La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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