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Cupes distinctissimus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Cupes distinctissimus was named by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A51118, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat southeast outcrop (MNHN collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.