Cupes

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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 Script error: No such module "convert". long on average with red to gray-brown body color and a bright orange head that is molded into several knobby protuberances.[4]

Species

References

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  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.
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  4. Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801. Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.

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