Mesocupes

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
Subfamilia: †Mesocupedinae
Genus: †Mesocupes
Species: †M. bidens – †M. minor – †M. paulus – †M. primitivus – †M. spinosus – †M. zherikhini

Mesocupes Martynov, 1926

Type species: Mesocupes primitivus Martynov, 1926, by monotypy.

Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2020. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10(2): 73. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020073 . Reference page.
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. [includes Anaglyphites and Cainomerga as subgenera]
Tan, J., Huang, D. & Ren, D. 2007. First record of fossil Mesocupes from China (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 81(5): 688–696. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00993.x . Reference page.
Tan, J. & Ren, D. 2009. 中国中生代原鞘亚目甲虫化石 [Mesozoic Archostematan Fauna from China]. Science Press, Beijing, 347 pp. ISBN 978-7-03-024607-3. Reference page.