Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Full reference: Y. C. Hong and W. L. Wang. 1987. Miocene Emboptera and Coleoptera (Insecta) of Shanwang, Shandong Province, China. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 17:257-262

Belongs to Cupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Hong and Wang 1987

Sister taxa: Cupes balticus, Cupes distinctissimus, Cupes eckfeldensis, Cupes golovatchi, Cupes groehni, Cupes hoffeinsorum, Cupes kerneggeri, Cupes komissari, Cupes legalovi, Cupes lutzi, Cupes manifestus, Cupes messelensis, Cupes nabozhenkoi, Cupes ponomarenkoi, Cupes praeglacialis, Cupes rohdendorfi, Cupes simillimus, Cupes tesselatus, Cupes tessellatus, Cupes wedmannae, Cupes weitschati

Type specimen: Beijing Natural History Museum 80109, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)

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