Cupes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Archostemata
Superfamilia: Cupedoidea

Familia: Cupedidae
Genus: Cupes
Species: C. anguliscutis – C. capitatus – C. cinereus – ?C. eckfeldense – C. favella – C. fuliginosus – C. gaolingziensis – C. japonicus – C. kapnodes – C. kurasawai – C. leucophaea – ?C. messelense – C. moultoni – C. mucidus – C. sibylleae – C. tianmuensis – C. trabeculus – C. varians – C. yamato – †C. groehni – †C. hoffeinsorum – †C. kerneggeri – †C. komissari – †C. manifestus – †C. motschulskyi – †C. orbiculatus – †C. ponomarenkoi – †C. rohdendorfi – †C. tesselatus – †C. weitschati
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Name

Cupes Fabricius, 1801

Synonyms

Cupoides Motschulsky, 1856
Distocupes Neboiss, 1984 [synonymised by Kirejtshuk, 2005: 58 ('syn. nov.')]
Tenomerga Neboiss, 1984 [synonymised by Kirejtshuk, 2005: 58 ('syn. nov.')]

Type species

Cupoides Motschulsky: Cupoides tesselatus Motshulsky, 1856, by monotypy
Distocupes Neboiss: Cupes varians Lea, 1902, by original designation
Tenomerga Neboiss: Cupes mucidus Chevrolat, 1829, by original designation

References
Primary references

Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2005: A revision of the genus Cupes Fabricius, 1801 from Baltic amber and some notes on taxonomy and composition of the family Cupedidae (Coleoptera, Archostemata). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg, 89: 55–83. page scans
Neboiss, A. 1984: Reclassification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 9: 443–477. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00520.x Reference page.

Additional references

Ge, S.-Q.; Yang, X.-K. 2004: Two new Chinese species of Tenomerga Neboiss (Coleoptera: Cupedidae), with a world catalog of the genus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106: 631–638. Internet Archive BHL
Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Nel, A.; Collomb, F.-M. 2010: New Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the French Paleocene and Early Eocene, with a note on the composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 46: 216–227. ISSN: 0037-9271
Klapperich, J. 1950: Eine neue Art der Cupesidae (Coleoptera) aus Asien. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 1: 83–85. PDF
Miyatake, M. 1985: Notes on the genus Tenomerga of Japan (Coleoptera: Cupedidae). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 17: 21–26.
Pascoe, F.P. 1872: Notes on Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species.-Part II. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 10: 317–326, plate XV. Internet Archive BHL

Links

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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 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)
†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, 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

Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupedidae Laporte 1836. Version 23 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.
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.
"Paleobiology Database - Cupes Fabricius 1801 (reticulated beetle)". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801. Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.