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Cupes tessellatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Cupoides tessellatus was named by Motschulsky (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Priacma tessellata by de Peyerimhoff (1909); it was recombined as Cupes tessellatus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016); it was recombined as Cupes tesselatus by Kirejtshuk (2005), Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cupoides tessellatus Motschulsky p. 27
1909Priacma tessellata de Peyerimhoff p. 58 figs. 1, 2.2
2005Cupes tesselatus Kirejtshuk p. 71 figs. 28-31, 45
2016Cupes tessellatus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 131
2020Cupes tesselatus Kirejtshuk p. 64

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyCupedidaeLaporte 1836
subfamilyCupedinaeLacordaire 1857
genusCupes
speciestessellatus()

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.

†Cupes tessellatus Motschulsky 1856
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Priacma tessellata (152640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Cupoides tessellatus (type locality: 120811)