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.

''Cupes'' contains a single Extant taxon, living species ''Cupes capitatus'' and a number of extinct species described from fossils dating from the Pliocene to the Paleocene. ''C. capitatus'' is native to eastern North America, while the fossils are described from China and Europe. ''C. capitatus'' adults are long on average with red to gray-brown body color and a bright orange head that is molded into several knobby protuberances.Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010
''Cupes capitatus'' Fabricius 1801.
Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.

Species

*''Cupes capitatus'' Fabricius, 1801 (extant eastern North America)
*†''Cupes distinctissimus'' Kirejtshuk ''et al.'', 2016 (Thanetian, Menat Formation France)
*†''Cupes eckfeldensis'' (Tröster, 1993) (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
*†''Cupes golovatchi'' Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, 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 legalovi'' Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
*†''Cupes longus'' Hong & Wang, 1987 (Burdigalian, Shanwang National Geological Park, Shangwan Formation, China)
*†''Cupes lutzi'' Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
*†''Cupes manifestus'' Kirejtshuk ''et al.'', 2010 (Thanetian, Menat Formation, France)
*†''Cupes messelensis'' (Tröster, 1993) (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
*†''Cupes nabozhenkoi'' Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
*†''Cupes ponomarenkoi'' Kirejtshuk ''et al.'', 2010 (Ypresian, Oise amber, France)
*†''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 wedmannae'' Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
*†''Cupes weitschati'' Kirejtshuk, 2005 (Priabonian, Baltic amber)

References

Cupedidae
Monotypic Archostemata genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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