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Latocupes

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Pulchicupes Ren p. 80
2006Latocupes Ren and Tan p. 458
2009Latocupes Tan and Ren p. 60
2016Latocupes Kirejtshuk et al. p. 134
2016Pulchicupes Kirejtshuk et al. p. 134
2020Latocupes Kirejtshuk p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyCupedidaeLaporte 1836
subfamilyCupedinaeLacordaire 1857
genusLatocupes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Latocupes Ren and Tan 2006
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Latocupes angustilabialis Tan et al. 2007
Latocupes bellus Ren and Tan 2006
Latocupes collaris Tan et al. 2007
Latocupes fortis Ren and Tan 2006
Latocupes jiensis Ren 1995
Latocupes latilabialis Tan et al. 2007
Invalid names: Pulchicupes Ren 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Ren and J. Tan 2006Body elongated; head with two pairs of obvious tubercles; antennae filiform, reaching beyond the base of the prothorax, scape thicker than others, pedicel slightly shorter than other ones, third antennomere about 1.4 times as long as the length of pedicel, following antennomeres subequal in length; mandibles broad, strongly porrect, not less than tridentate in horizontal cutting surface. Pronotum slightly pentagonal or rectangular, anterior angles moderately orthogonal; prosternum without tarsal groove; prosternal process only shallowly extending behind coxae. First four tarsal segments of hind leg with bifid cleft gradually deepened. Elytra covered with brown scales. First abdominal visible ventrite as long as or longer than last one, last visible ventrite of abdomen two times longer than preceding ventrite.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 165.30000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Mesocupes angustilabialis, Mesocupes latilabialis, Mesocupes collaris (113371) Mesocupes collaris (113360)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) L. fortis, L. bellus (111717)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2China (Beijing Shi) Pulchicupes jiensis (106965)