Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative combination: Tenomerga eckfeldense
Full reference: G. Tröster. 1993. Zwei neue mitteleuropäische Arten der Gattung Tenomerga Neboiss 1984 aus dem Mitteleozän der Grube Messel und des Eckfelder Maares (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae). Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 31:169-176
Belongs to Cupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016, Tröster 1993 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Cupes balticus, Cupes distinctissimus, 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 tesselatus, Cupes tessellatus, Cupes wedmannae, Cupes weitschati
Type specimen: PE 1992/461 ab LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1992 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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