Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative combination: Mesocupes (Cainomerga) brevicornis
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk, A. Nel, and P. A. Kirejtshuk. 2016. Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata), with a review of the historical development. Invertebrate Zoology 13(2):61-190
Belongs to Cainomerga according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cainomerga fraterna, Cainomerga immaculata, Cainomerga palaeocenica, Cainomerga ponti
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A51119, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (MNHN collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNHN collection)
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