Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative combination: Mesocupes (Anaglyphites) capitatus
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1966. Novye zhuki semeystva Cupedidae (Coleoptera) iz Mezozoyskikh otlozheniy Zabaikal'ya. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 45:138-143
Belongs to Anaglyphites according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 and Ponomarenko 1966
Sister taxa: Anaglyphites admotus, Anaglyphites clavatus, Anaglyphites crassipygus, Anaglyphites laximandibule, Anaglyphites minimus, Anaglyphites minutissimus, Anaglyphites mongolicus
Type specimen: PIN 1989/2993, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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