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Cionocups

Cionocups is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Cionocups manukyani, found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. It was originally considered to be closely related to the genus Cionocoleus, but it is considered a junior synonym of Omma by some subsequent authors.

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Cionocups manukyani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Cionocups
Kirejtshuk 2020
Species:
C. manukyani
Binomial name
Cionocups manukyani
Kirejtshuk 2020

Cionocups is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Cionocups manukyani, found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. It was originally considered to be closely related to the genus Cionocoleus,1 but it is considered a junior synonym of Omma by some subsequent authors.2

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