Cupes

Cupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. The Cupedidae are typical “reticulate” or “net-winged” beetles with incompletely sclerotized elytra that produce the characteristic reticulate appearance.[1]

Cupes
Temporal range: Thanetian - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Archostemata
Family:
Cupedidae
Genus:
Cupes

Fabricius, 1801
species
  • see text
Synonyms
  • Cupoides Motschulsky, 1856
  • Distocupes Neboiss, 1984
  • Tenomerga Neboiss, 1984

Cupes contains a single living species Cupes capitatus[2] and a number of extinct species described from fossils dating from the Pliocene to the Paleocene.[3] C. capitatus is native to eastern North America, while the fossils are described from China and Europe. C. capitatus adults are 7.8 mm (0.31 in) long on average with red to gray-brown body color and a bright orange head that is molded into several knobby protuberances.[4]

Species
  • Cupes capitatus Fabricius, 1801 (extant eastern North America)
  • †Cupes distinctissimus Kirejtshuk et al., 2016 (Thanetian, France)
  • †Cupes eckfeldensis (Tröster, 1993) (Eocene, Germany)
  • †Cupes groehni Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes hoffeinsorum Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes kerneggeri Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes komissari Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes longus Hong & Wang, 1987 (Burdigalian, China)
  • †Cupes manifestus Kirejtshuk et al., 2010 (Thanetian, France)
  • †Cupes messelensis (Tröster, 1993) (Lutetian, Germany)
  • †Cupes ponomarenkoi Kirejtshuk et al., 2010 (Ypresian, Oise amber)
  • †Cupes praeglacialis Gersdorf, 1976 (Piacenzian, Germany)
  • †Cupes rohdendorfi Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1960 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes simillimus Kirejtshuk et al., 2016 (Thanetian, France)
  • †Cupes tessellatus Motschulsky, 1856 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • †Cupes weitschati Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)

References
  1. Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupedidae Laporte 1836. Version 23 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. Arnett, R.H., Jr. & M. C. Thomas, eds. American Beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001. p.20.
  3. "Paleobiology Database - Cupes Fabricius 1801 (reticulated beetle)". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801. Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.


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