Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Synonyms: Cupoides Motschulsky 1856, Distocupes Neboiss 1984, Tenomerga Neboiss 1984
Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus II 1-687
Parent taxon: Cupedinae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Carpenter 1992, de Peyerimhoff 1909, Fabricius 1801, Hong and Wang 1987, Kirejtshuk 2005, Kirejtshuk et al. 2010, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Latreille 1802, Tan and Ren 2009 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Anaglyphites, Anaglyphites pluricavus, Apriacma, Asimma, Barbaticupes, Cainomerga, Cretomerga, Cupedini, Cupidium, Cupopsis, Ensicupes, Furcicupes, Gracilicupes, Kirghizocupes, Latocupes, Mallecupes, Menatops, Mesocupes, Miocupes, Platycupes sogdianus, Priacma sanzii, Priacmopsis, Pterocupes, Taxopsis
Subtaxa: Cupes balticus Cupes distinctissimus Cupes eckfeldensis Cupes golovatchi Cupes groehni Cupes hoffeinsorum Cupes kerneggeri Cupes komissari Cupes legalovi Cupes longus Cupes lutzi Cupes manifestus Cupes messelensis Cupes nabozhenkoi Cupes ponomarenkoi Cupes praeglacialis Cupes rohdendorfi Cupes simillimus Cupes tesselatus Cupes tessellatus Cupes wedmannae Cupes weitschati
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (5), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1)
• Paleocene of France (3)
Total: 21 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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