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Ensicupes

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Ensicupes was named by Hong (1976). Its type is Ensicupes guyangensis.

It was assigned to Taldycupidae by Hong (1976) and Zhang (1997); and to Cupedinae by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).

Species
E. guyangensis (type species), E. obtusus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Ensicupes Hong p. 83
1997Ensicupes Zhang p. 86
2016Ensicupes Kirejtshuk et al. p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyCupedidaeLaporte 1836
subfamilyCupedinaeLacordaire 1857
genusEnsicupes

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. †Ensicupes Hong 1976
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Ensicupes guyangensis Hong 1976
Ensicupes obtusus Zhang 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Nei Mongol) E. guyangensis (156005)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) E. obtusus (151876)