Cupopsis svitkoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cupedoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Archostemata Superfamilia: Cupedoidea

Familia: Cupedidae
Genus: †Cupopsis
Species: †Cupopsis svitkoi

Name

Cupopsis svitkoi (Lubkin, 2003)

Holotype CUPC, a fossil head, CUPC#1339.

Type locality: Old Crossman’s Clay Pit, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Age and stratigraphy: Turonian, Late Cretaceous; South Amboy Fire Clay, Raritan Formation.

Synonymy

• Paracupes svitkoi Lubkin, 2003: 190
• Cupopsis svitkoi: Kirejtshuk, Nel & Kirejtshuk, 2016 (misspelled as "svetkoi")

References

Primary references

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Nel, A. & Kirejtshuk, P.A. 2016. Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata), with a review of the historical development. Invertebrate Zoology 13(2): 61–190. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01 . Reference page. 
• Lubkin, S.H. 2003. Paracupes svitkoi (Coleoptera: Cupedidae), a new species from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46 (suppl.– Fossil Insects): 189–194. PDF. Reference page.