Alisacupes dunaevi Yan & Strelnikova, 2025

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, Zootaxa 5715 (1), pp. 494-518 : 507

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.43
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C76E94AD-EBC7-4B74-A9F8-F168F35BCEEE
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17888911
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E13FD414-1720-D311-4C8A-FE557E2DFC1E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Alisacupes dunaevi Yan & Strelnikova
status	sp. nov.

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Alisacupes dunaevi Yan & Strelnikova , sp. nov.

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Material. Holotype — PIN, No. 5890/16. Part and counterpart of isolated elytron, left.

Locality and horizon. Alisa locality, Nidym Formation, Lower Triassic.

Diagnosis. As for the genus.

Description. Elytron with 4 veins, at least 2 nd and 3 rd are merging at elytral apex. Epipleural flange as wide as combined width of two cells near elytral base, slightly widens near the apex. Number of cell rows in the fields: II —2, field III — 2 in central part and 3 near elytral basal, field IV —4, field V —3, field VI —1. There are up to 43 cells in a row.

Measurements (in mm): eytron length 13.6, elytron width 4.

Etymology. After prominent naturalist, teacher and herpetologist E.A. Dunaev.

Remarks. The specimen was attributed to the genus Tatarocupes for having at least 6 rows of cells between two veins, closest to sutural margin.