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