Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Full reference: J. J. Tan, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2006. New cupedids from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Annales Zoologici 56:1-6
Parent taxon: Cupedinae according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Strelnikova 2019, Tan et al. 2006 and Tan and Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Anaglyphites, Anaglyphites pluricavus, Apriacma, Asimma, Barbaticupes, Cainomerga, Cretomerga, Cupedini, Cupes, Cupidium, Cupopsis, Ensicupes, Furcicupes, Kirghizocupes, Latocupes, Mallecupes, Menatops, Mesocupes, Miocupes, Platycupes sogdianus, Priacma sanzii, Priacmopsis, Pterocupes, Taxopsis
Subtaxa: Gracilicupes crassicruralis Gracilicupes minimus Gracilicupes tenuicruralis
Type: Gracilicupes crassicruralis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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