Prolixocupes

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: Prolixocupes
Species (2): P. latreillei – P. lobiceps
Name

Prolixocupes Neboiss, 1960. Type species: Cupes latreillei Solier in Gay, 1849, by original designation.
References

Neboiss, A. 1960: On the family Cupedidae, Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 72: 12–20, plates IV-V Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Prolixocupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. It contains two species, P. latreillei and P. lobiceps.[1] The former is endemic to central Chile and adjacent areas of western Argentina between 25° and 35° S, while the latter is endemic to Arizona and California in Western North America.[2]
References

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.
"Prolixocupes". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.