Cupes

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Cupes
Temporal range: Thanetian - Recent
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Cupes
Fabricius, 1801
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cupoides Motschulsky, 1856

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 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)
  • † Kirejtshuk et al., 2016 (Thanetian, Menat Formation France)
  • † (Tröster, 1993) (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
  • † Kirejtshuk 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
  • † Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
  • † Hong & Wang, 1987 (Burdigalian, Shangwan Formation, China)
  • † Kirejtshuk 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
  • †Cupes manifestus Kirejtshuk et al., 2010 (Thanetian, Menat Formation, France)
  • † (Tröster, 1993) (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
  • † Kirejtshuk 2020 (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
  • † Kirejtshuk et al., 2010 (Ypresian, , France)
  • † Gersdorf, 1976 (Piacenzian, Germany)
  • † Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1960 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk et al., 2016 (Thanetian, France)
  • † Motschulsky, 1856 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
  • † Kirejtshuk 2020 (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
  • † 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 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801. Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.


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