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* †''[[Cainomerga]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 [[Menat Formation]], France, [[Paleocene]]
* †''[[Cainomerga]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 [[Menat Formation]], France, [[Paleocene]]
* †''[[Cretomerga]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †''[[Cretomerga]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †''[[Cupopsis]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 [[New Jersey amber]], [[Turonian]]
* †''[[Cupopsis]]'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 [[New Jersey amber]], Late Cretaceous ([[Turonian]])
* †''[[Cupidium]]'' Ponomarenko 1968 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
* †''[[Cupidium]]'' Ponomarenko 1968 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
* †''[[Ensicupes]]'' Hong 1976 [[Dalazi Formation]], [[Guyang Formation]], China, Aptian
* †''[[Ensicupes]]'' Hong 1976 [[Dalazi Formation]], [[Guyang Formation]], China, Aptian
* †''[[Furcicupes]]'' Tan and Ren 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †''[[Furcicupes]]'' Tan and Ren 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †''[[Gracilicupes]]'' Tan et al. 2006 [[Daohugou]], China, Callovian
* †''[[Gracilicupes]]'' Tan et al. 2006 [[Daohugou]], China, Middle Jurassic ([[Callovian]])
* †''[[Kirghizocupes]]'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †''[[Kirghizocupes]]'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †''[[Latocupes]]'' Ren and Tan 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †''[[Latocupes]]'' Ren and Tan 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian

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Cupedidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Recent
Tenomerga mucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Cupedidae
Laporte, 1836
Genera

Adinolepsis
Ascioplaga
Cupes
Distocupes
Paracupes
Priacma
Prolixocupes
Rhipsideigma
Tenomerga

The Cupedidae are a small family of beetles, notable for the square pattern of "windows" on their elytra (hard forewings), which give the family their common name of reticulated beetles.[1]

The family consists of about 30 species in 9 genera, with a worldwide distribution. Many more extinct species are known, dating as far back as the Triassic.[1] The family Ommatidae is considered a subfamily of Cupedidae by some authors, but ommatids have been found to more closely related to Micromalthidae in genomic analysis studies.[2]

These beetles tend to be elongated with a parallel-sided body, ranging in length from 10 to 20 mm (0.39 to 0.79 in), with colors brownish, blackish, or gray. The larvae are wood-borers, typically living in fungus-infested wood, and sometimes found in wood construction.[1] The larvae eat the fungus-infested dead wood or tree roots while the adults are believed to subsist on pollen and plant sap.[3]

Males of Priacma serrata (western North America) are notable for being strongly attracted to common household bleach. This suggests that compounds in bleach may resemble attractive compounds found by the beetle in nature.[1]

Taxonomy

Fossil genera

After Kirejtshuk, Nel & Kirejtshuk, 2016.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (15 November 2006). "Family Groups: Reticulated Beetles Cupedidae". Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-0-520-24657-7.
  2. ^ McKenna, Duane D.; Shin, Seunggwan; Ahrens, Dirk; Balke, Michael; Beza-Beza, Cristian; Clarke, Dave J.; Donath, Alexander; Escalona, Hermes E.; Friedrich, Frank; Letsch, Harald; Liu, Shanlin (2019-12-03). "The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (49): 24729–24737. doi:10.1073/pnas.1909655116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6900523. PMID 31740605.
  3. ^ Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (2017-10-01). "A new spiny reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 128 (5): 798–802. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.003. ISSN 0016-7878.
  4. ^ Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Nel, A.; Kirejtshuk, P. A. (October 2016). "Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera, Archostemata), with a review of the historical development". Invertebrate Zoology (in Russian). 13 (1): 61–190. doi:10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01. ISSN 1812-9250.