Cupes

Cupes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Cupes
Fabricius, 1801
Species: C. capitatus
Binomial name
Cupes capitatus
Fabricius, 1801

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 is a monotypic genus that contains the single species Cupes capitatus.[2] This beetle is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. The adult is 7.8 millimeters long on average. It is red to gray-brown in color with a bright orange head that is molded into several knobby protuberances.[3]

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, FL: CRC Press, 2001. p.20.
  3. Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801. Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.
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