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Mesocupes bidens

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Mesocupes bidens was named by Ponomarenko (1964). Its type specimen is PIN 2465/980, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Karabastau (PIN collection 2465), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Mesocupes (Mesocupes) bidens by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Mesocupes bidens Ponomarenko p. 60 figs. 4 c; Pl. VI, fig. 12
2016Mesocupes (Mesocupes) bidens Kirejtshuk et al. p. 81
2020Mesocupes bidens Kirejtshuk p. 69

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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
genusMesocupes
speciesbidens

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.

Mesocupes bidens Ponomarenko 1964
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Mesocupes bidens (type locality: 114238)