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Tenomerga cinerea Prolixocupes latreillei
taxon links [up-->]Ascioplaga [up-->]Adinolepis [up-->]Prolixocupes [up-->]Rhipsideigma [up-->]Tenomerga [up-->]Priacma [up-->]Paracupes extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Archostemata Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Archostemata

References

Beutel, R. G. and T. Hörnschemeyer. 2002. Description of the larva of Rhipsideigma raffrayi (Coleoptera: Archostemata), with phylogenetic and functional implications. European Journal of Entomology 99:53-66.

Carpenter, F. M. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part R. Arthropoda 4, Volume 3: Superclass Hexapoda. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas.

Neboiss, A. 1984. Reclassification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 9:443-447.

Ponomarenko, A. G. 1966. New beetles of the Family Cupedidae (Coleoptera) from Mesozoic deposits of Transbaikalia. Revue d'Entomologie de l'URSS 45:138-143.

Ponomarenko, A. G. 1969. Historical development of the Coleoptera-Archostemata. Trudy paleontologicheskogo instituta akademii nauk SSSR 125:1-240.

Ponomarenko, A. G. 1972. Erster fund eines Cupediden im neogen Europas (Coleoptera: Cupedidae). Vestnik Cs. spol. zool. 37(2):101-103.

Ponomarenko, A. G. 1997. New beetles of the Family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini. Paleontological Journal 31(4):389-399.

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Scientific Name Priacma serrata
Location Oregon, U.S.A.
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Tenomerga cinerea
Scientific Name Tenomerga cinerea
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Scientific Name Rhipsideigma raffrayi
Location Madagascar
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Prolixocupes latreillei
Scientific Name Prolixocupes latreillei
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Copyright © 1996 David R. Maddison
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