Pterocupes Ponomarenko 1966 (reticulated beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

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 et al. 2016

See also Carpenter 1992 and Ponomarenko 1966

Sister taxa: Anaglyphites, Anaglyphites pluricavus, Apriacma, Asimma, Barbaticupes, Cainomerga, Cretomerga, Cupedini, Cupes, Cupidium, Cupopsis, Ensicupes, Furcicupes, Gracilicupes, Kirghizocupes, Latocupes, Mallecupes, Menatops, Mesocupes, Miocupes, Platycupes sogdianus, Priacma sanzii, Priacmopsis, Taxopsis

Subtaxa: Pterocupes antennatus Pterocupes leptocerus

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Type: Pterocupes antennatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 2069, Dzhailoucho area (Triassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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