''Lithocupes'' is an extinct genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Ommatidae The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. There are only seven extant species, confined to Australia and South America. How ...

, known from the

Carnian The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic Series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic Epoch). It lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago (Ma). The Carnian is preceded by the Ladinian and is followed by t ...

Madygen Formation The Madygen Formation ( Russian: Madygen Svita) is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation and Lagerstätte in the Batken and Osh Regions of western Kyrgyzstan, with minor outcrops in neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The conglomerates, ...

of Kyrgyzstan containing the following species:Ommatidae Species List
at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012. * '' Lithocupes gigas'' Ponomarenko, 1969 * '' Lithocupes incertus'' Ponomarenko, 1966 * '' Lithocupes punctatus'' Ponomarenko, 1969

References

Ommatidae Carnian genera Fossils of Kyrgyzstan Madygen Formation Prehistoric beetle genera {{Ommatidae-stub