Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1969. Istoricheskoe Razvitie Zhestkokrylykh-Arkhostemat [Historical Development of the Archostomate Beetles]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk SSSR 125:1-240

Belongs to Notocupes according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1969

Sister taxa: Notocupes brachycephalus, Notocupes caducus, Notocupes cellulosus, Notocupes dundulaensis, Notocupes elegans, Notocupes exiguus, Notocupes issykkulensis, Notocupes khetanensis, Notocupes kirghizicus, Notocupes lapidarius, Notocupes laticella, Notocupes latus, Notocupes longicollis, Notocupes mongolicus, Notocupes nigrimonticola, Notocupes oxypygus, Notocupes patulus, Notocupes picturatus, Notocupes pingi, Notocupes pulcher, Notocupes reticulatus, Notocupes rostratus, Notocupes sogutensis, Notocupes tenuis

Type specimen: PIN 53/105, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shurab II Ditch 63(8), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Tajikistan.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 8.00, elytron length 6.00