Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative combination: Mesocupes (Mesocupes) minor
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1968. Zhuki-Arkhostematy Yury Karatau (Coleoptera, Archostemata) [Jurassic Archostematid beetles from Karatau (Coleoptera, Archostemata)]. Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau] 118-138
Belongs to Mesocupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 and Ponomarenko 1968
Sister taxa: Mesocupes (Mesocupes), Mesocupes bidens, Mesocupes paulus, Mesocupes primitivus, Mesocupes spinosus, Mesocupes zherikhini
Type specimen: PIN 2239/812, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)
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