Alternative combinations: Notocupes oxypygus, Zygadenia oxypyga
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 Rhabdocupes according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1969 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Rhabdocupes baculatus, Rhabdocupes cellulosus, Rhabdocupes dischides, Rhabdocupes issykkulensis, Rhabdocupes laticella, Rhabdocupes lentus, Rhabdocupes longus, Rhabdocupes minisculus, Rhabdocupes minor, Rhabdocupes protensus, Rhabdocupes rostratus, Rhabdocupes sogutensis, Rhabdocupes tenuis, Rhabdocupes vitimensis
Type specimen: PIN 1240/616, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ketmen', PIN collection 1240, which is in a Carnian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Koldzat Formation of Kazakhstan.
Distribution:
• Triassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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