Afrotaldycupes africanus Ponomarenko 2005

Insecta - Coleoptera - Taldycupedidae

Alternative combination: Taldycupes africanus

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2005. Taxonomy, in New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Permian of South Africa. African Invertebrates 46:253-260

Belongs to Afrotaldycupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Ponomarenko 2005

Sister taxon: Afrotaldycupes lidgettoniensis

Type specimen: NMSA 2574, an elytra. Its type locality is Balgowan (Bal 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Distribution: found only at Balgowan (Bal 111)

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