Brochocoleus

{{short description|Extinct genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Sinemurian|Turonian}} | taxon = Brochocoleus | authority = Y.C. Hong, 1982 }}

'''''Brochocoleus''''' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, known from the Early Jurassic to the Early Late Cretaceous.<ref name="LiuTan2017">{{cite journal|last1=Liu|first1=Zhenhua|last2=Tan|first2=Jingjing|last3=Ślipiński|first3=Adam|last4=Jarzembowski|first4=Edmund A.|last5=Wang|first5=Bo|last6=Ren|first6=Dong|last7=Pang|first7=Hong|title=Brochocoleus Zhiyuani, a New Species of Brochocolein Beetle (Coleoptera: Ommatidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar|journal=Annales Zoologici|volume=67|issue=1|year=2017|pages=79–85|issn=0003-4541|doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.009|s2cid=90264728 }}</ref> 10 species are currently recognised, with many species being reassigned to other genera by Kirejtshuk's major systematic revision in 2020.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirejtshuk|first=Alexander G.|date=2020-02-17|title=Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea|journal=Geosciences|volume=10|issue=2|pages=73|doi=10.3390/geosciences10020073|bibcode=2020Geosc..10...73K |issn=2076-3263|doi-access=free}}</ref>

* †''Brochocoleus alatus'' Ponomarenko, 1994 Ulan-Argalant Formation, Mongolia, Barremian * †''Brochocoleus cossiphus'' Ponomarenko, 1994 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * †''Brochocoleus keenani'' Jarzembowski et al., 2013 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Barremian * †''Brochocoleus maculatus'' (Whalley, 1985) Charmouth Mudstone Formation, United Kingdom, Sinemurian * †''Brochocoleus maximus'' Jarzembowski et al., 2013 Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Berriasian * †''Brochocoleus planus'' Ponomarenko, 1994 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * †''Brochocoleus punctatus'' Hong, 1982 (type species) Chijinbao Formation, China, Aptian * †''Brochocoleus rostratus'' Ponomarenko, 1999 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Turonian * †''Brochocoleus sacheonensis'' Lee et al., 2023 Jinju Formation, South Korea, Albian<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lee, S.B. |author2=Nam, G.S. |author3=Park, J.K. |author4=Lee, B.H. |author5=Li, Y.-D. |year=2023 |title=Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera): Archostemata |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=496–506 |doi=10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.6.5.8 |s2cid=264597717 |doi-access=free|hdl=1983/bfe2cdc9-9eee-46b8-a2aa-944ea1015a7f |hdl-access=free }}</ref> * †''Brochocoleus sonidensis'' Tang et al., 2024 Damoguaihe Formation, China, Early Cretaceous * †''Brochocoleus tobini'' Jarzembowski et al., 2013 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian

== Formerly assigned species ==

* †''Brochocoleus angustus'' Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007 Moved to ''Pareuryomma'' * †''Brochocoleus aphaleratus'' (Ponomarenko, 1969) Moved to ''Allophalerus'' * †''Brochocoleus applanatus'' Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus caseyi'' Jarzembowski, Wang, & Zheng, 2016 Moved to ''Jarzembowskiops'' * †''Brochocoleus crowsonae'' Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus impressus'' (Ren, 1995) Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus indibili'' Soriano & Delclòs, 2006 Considered indeterminate by Kirejtshuk, 2020 * †''Brochocoleus magnus'' Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus minor'' Ponomarenko, 2000 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus sulcatus'' Tan, Ren, & Shih, 2007 Moved to ''Odontomma'' * †''Brochocoleus validus'' Tan & Ren, 2009 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus yangshuwanziensis'' Jarzembowski, Yan, Wang, & Zhang, 2013 Moved to ''Diluticupes'' * †''Brochocoleus zhiyuani'' Liu, Tan, Jarzembowski, Wang, Ren, & Pang, 2017 Moved to ''Burmocoleus''

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Ommatidae Category:Fossil beetle genera

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