Taldycupedidae


Taldycupedidae is an extinct family of beetles primarily known from the Permian period.

Taxonomy

Kirejtshuk included the following genera in Taldycupedidae, preliminarily treating it as a subfamily Taldycupedinae of the family Permocupedidae.AfrotaldycupesBeaufort Group, South Africa, Late Permian
The genera Alveolacupes, Clathropenna and Penecupes were previously placed in the family by some authors, but were all excluded from it by Kirejtshuk. The genera Wuchangia and Yuxianocoleus, both from the Lower Jurassic of Hubei, China, were also excluded from the family by Zhao et al. .