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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) and 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
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
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Priacma tessellata (152640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Cupoides tessellatus (type locality: 120811)