Permocupes distinctus Martynov 1932

Insecta - Coleoptera - Permocupedidae

Alternative combination: Permocupoides distinctus

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1932. Permian fossil Insects from the Arkhangelsk district. Part II. Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Coleoptera, with the description of two new beetles from Tikhie Gory. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 2:63-96

Belongs to Permocupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Martynov 1932 and Ponomarenko 1963

Sister taxa: Permocupes grandis, Permocupes latus, Permocupes semenovi, Permocupes sojanensis

Type specimen: PIN 2506/2, an elytra (pair of elytron). Its type locality is Tikhie Gory (PIN collection 2506), which is in a Roadian lagoonal claystone in the Baitugan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Tikhie Gory (PIN collection 2506)

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