Cupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. The Cupedidae are typical âÂÂreticulateâ or âÂÂnet-wingedâ beetles with incompletely sclerotized elytra that produce the characteristic reticulate appearance.
Cupes contains a single 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.
Species
- Cupes capitatus <small>Fabricius, 1801</small> (extant eastern North America)
- â Cupes distinctissimus <small>Kirejtshuk et al., 2016</small> (Thanetian, Menat Formation France)
- â Cupes eckfeldensis <small>(Tröster, 1993)</small> (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
- â Cupes golovatchi <small>Kirejtshuk, 2020</small> (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
- â Cupes groehni <small>Kirejtshuk, 2005</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes hoffeinsorum <small>Kirejtshuk, 2005</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes kerneggeri <small>Kirejtshuk, 2005</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes komissari <small>Kirejtshuk, 2005</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes legalovi <small>Kirejtshuk, 2020</small> (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
- â Cupes longus <small>Hong & Wang, 1987</small> (Burdigalian, Shangwan Formation, China)
- â Cupes lutzi <small>Kirejtshuk, 2020</small> (Eocene, Eckfelder Maar, Germany)
- â Cupes manifestus <small>Kirejtshuk et al., 2010</small> (Thanetian, Menat Formation, France)
- â Cupes messelensis <small>(Tröster, 1993)</small> (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
- â Cupes nabozhenkoi <small>Kirejtshuk, 2020</small> (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
- â Cupes ponomarenkoi <small>Kirejtshuk et al., 2010</small> (Ypresian, Oise amber, France)
- â Cupes praeglacialis <small>Gersdorf, 1976</small> (Piacenzian, Germany)
- â Cupes rohdendorfi <small>Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1960</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes simillimus <small>Kirejtshuk et al., 2016</small> (Thanetian, France)
- â Cupes tessellatus <small>Motschulsky, 1856</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
- â Cupes wedmannae <small>Kirejtshuk, 2020</small> (Lutetian, Messel pit, Germany)
- â Cupes weitschati <small>Kirejtshuk, 2005</small> (Priabonian, Baltic amber)
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