†Lithocupes gigas Ponomarenko 1969 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1969. Istoricheskoe Razvitie Zhestkokrylykh-Arkhostemat [Historical Development of the Archostomate Beetles]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk SSSR 125:1-240
Belongs to Lithocupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Ponomarenko 1969
Sister taxa: Lithocupes incertus, Lithocupes punctatus
Type specimen: PIN 2555/1668, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2555, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 2555, Dzhailoucho area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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