Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Synonym: Pulchicupes Ren 1995
Full reference: D. Ren and J. Tan. 2006. A new cupedid genus (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 56(3):457-464
Parent taxon: Cupedinae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Ren 1995, Ren and Tan 2006 and Tan and Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Anaglyphites, Anaglyphites pluricavus, Apriacma, Asimma, Barbaticupes, Cainomerga, Cretomerga, Cupedini, Cupes, Cupidium, Cupopsis, Ensicupes, Furcicupes, Gracilicupes, Kirghizocupes, Mallecupes, Menatops, Mesocupes, Miocupes, Platycupes sogdianus, Priacma sanzii, Priacmopsis, Pterocupes, Taxopsis
Subtaxa: Latocupes angustilabialis Latocupes bellus Latocupes collaris Latocupes fortis Latocupes jiensis Latocupes latilabialis
Type: Latocupes fortis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
• Jurassic of China (2)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences
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