Stegocoleus

Stegocoleus is an extinct genus of ommatine beetle. Its distinctive morphology includes a distinctive flat rim on the outer edge of the elytra similar to those of Burmocoleus and Jarzembowskiops, but is distinguished from those genera by a distinctive prothorax.[1] It is known from 3 species found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[2][3]

Stegocoleus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Ommatidae
Genus:
†Stegocoleus

Jarzembowski and Wang 2016
Species
  • †Stegocoleus arkonus Tihelka et al. 2019
  • †Stegocoleus caii Jarzembowski and Wang 2016
  • †Stegocoleus lawrencei Tihelka et al. 2019

References
  1. 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.
  2. Jarzembowski, Ed. A.; Wang, Bo (2016-02-15). "An unusual basal beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 40 (2): 297–302. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1132493. ISSN 0311-5518.
  3. Tihelka, Erik; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang (February 2020). "New data on Ommatidae (Coleoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104253. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104253.
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