Insecta - Coleoptera - Triadocupedidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1966. Жуки семейства Cupedidae из нижнего триаса Средней Азии [New beetles of the family Cupedidae of Upper Triassic]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1966(4):47-68

Belongs to Platycupes according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1967

Sister taxa: Platycupes major, Platycupes pusillus, Platycupes reticulatus, Platycupes sogdianus

Type specimen: PIN 2069/1107, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2069, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 8.00 x 4.00, elytron length 5.70