Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Synonym: Mesocupoides Ponomarenko 1969
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1966. Zhuki semeystva Cupedidae iz nizhnego Triasa sredney Azii. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1966(4):47-68
Parent taxon: Cupedinae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Carpenter 1992, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Ponomarenko 1966 and Ponomarenko 1969
Sister taxa: Anaglyphites, Anaglyphites pluricavus, Apriacma, Asimma, Barbaticupes, Cainomerga, Cretomerga, Cupedini, Cupes, Cupidium, Cupopsis, Ensicupes, Furcicupes, Gracilicupes, Latocupes, Mallecupes, Menatops, Mesocupes, Miocupes, Platycupes sogdianus, Priacma sanzii, Priacmopsis, Pterocupes, Taxopsis
Subtaxa: Kirghizocupes cellulosus Kirghizocupes indistinctus Kirghizocupes proporeius
Type: Kirghizocupes cellulosus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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