Brochocoleus

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 angustus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007
  • †Brochocoleus aphaleratus (Ponomarenko, 1969)
  • †Brochocoleus applanatus Tan & Ren, 2009
  • †Brochocoleus caseyi Jarzembowski, Wang, & Zheng, 2016
  • †Brochocoleus cossiphus Ponomarenko, 1994
  • †Brochocoleus crownsonae Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
  • †Brochocoleus impressus (Ren, 1995)
  • †Brochocoleus indibili Soriano & Delclòs, 2006
  • †Brochocoleus keenani Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013
  • †Brochocoleus magnus Tan & Ren, 2009
  • †Brochocoleus maximus Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013
  • †Brochocoleus minor Ponomarenko, 2000
  • †Brochocoleus planus Ponomarenko, 1994
  • †Brochocoleus punctatus Hong, 1982 (type species)
  • †Brochocoleus rostratus Ponomarenko, 1999
  • †Brochocoleus sulcatus Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007
  • †Brochocoleus tobini Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
  • †Brochocoleus validus Tan & Ren, 2009
  • †Brochocoleus yangshuwanziensis Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013
  • †Brochocoleus zhiyuani Liu, Tan, Jarzembowski, Wang, Ren, & Pang, 2017

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

Y.C. Hong, 1982

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 Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.


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