Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative combination: Cupoides tesselatus
Full reference: V. Motschulsky. 1856. Lettres de M. de Motschulsky à M. Ménétriés. Études Entomologique 5:3-38
Belongs to Cupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
Sister taxa: Cupes balticus, Cupes distinctissimus, Cupes eckfeldensis, Cupes golovatchi, Cupes groehni, Cupes hoffeinsorum, Cupes kerneggeri, Cupes komissari, Cupes legalovi, Cupes longus, Cupes lutzi, Cupes manifestus, Cupes messelensis, Cupes nabozhenkoi, Cupes ponomarenkoi, Cupes praeglacialis, Cupes rohdendorfi, Cupes simillimus, Cupes tessellatus, Cupes wedmannae, Cupes weitschati
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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