Published October 28, 2025 | Version v1
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Alisacupes Yan & Strelnikova 2025, gen. nov.

  • 1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str. 123, Moscow 117647, Russia

Description

Genus Alisacupes Yan & Strelnikova, gen. nov.

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Type species. Alisacupes dunaevi Yan & Strelnikova, sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Elytron with 4 veins, at least two merging at the elytral apex. Epipleuron covered with tubercles.

Composition. Monotypic.

Description. Large elytra, elongated, apex slightly pointed, assymetrical. Epipleural flange wide, at least as wide as several cell`s width combined. Elytral cells roundish, walls reinforced with maculae, cuticular surface between cells covered with tubercles. Сells are surrounded by macula.

Etymology. After Alisa quarry, source locality of the described material. Gender: masculine.

Remarks. Species below was attributed to Asiocoleidae for having four veins, with three of them being on the elytral disc; large size of the elytron.

Comparison. Differs in moderately large size; in having tubercles at proximal half of epipleron`s length. Similar to Loculitricoleus but differs from it in larger size, tubercles sculpture on elytron and by four main veins instead of three.

Notes

Published as part of Yan, Evgeny V., Felker, Anastasia S. & Strelnikova, Olesya D., 2025, Early Triassic beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Eastern Siberian locality Alisa quarry showing late Permian taxa composition, pp. 494-518 in Zootaxa 5715 (1) on pages 506-507, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.43, http://zenodo.org/record/17888734

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Yan & Strelnikova
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Asiocoleidae
Genus
Alisacupes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Alisacupes Yan & Strelnikova, 2025