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Cupes eckfeldensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Tenomerga eckfeldense was named by Tröster (1993). Its type specimen is PE 1992/461 ab LS, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1992 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Cupes eckfeldensis by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016) and Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Tenomerga eckfeldense Tröster p. 170 fig. 1
2003Tenomerga eckfeldense Wappler figs. 34; Pl 6 fig g, h Pl 7 fig a
2016Cupes eckfeldensis Kirejtshuk et al. p. 131 fig. 69,70
2020Cupes eckfeldensis Kirejtshuk p. 64

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

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 eckfeldensis Tröster 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available