Cupedidae

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.<ref name=ev>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref name=ev/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

These beetles tend to be elongated with a parallel-sided body, ranging in length from Template:Cvt, with colors brownish, blackish, or gray. The larvae are wood-borers, typically living in fungus-infested wood, and sometimes found in wood construction.<ref name=ev/> The larvae eat the fungus-infested dead wood or tree roots while the adults are believed to subsist on pollen and plant sap.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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.<ref name=ev/>

Taxonomy

• Adinolepis Template:Small – Australia
• Ascioplaga Template:Small – New Caledonia, Australia
• Cupes Template:Small – Europe, China, Paleogene; North America, Recent
• Distocupes Template:Small – Australia
• Paracupes Template:Small – South America
• Priacma Template:Small – Myanmar, Cretaceous; North America, Recent
• Prolixocupes Template:Small – North America, South America
• Rhipsideigma Template:Small – Madagascar, East Africa
• Tenomerga Template:Small – East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, North America, South Africa

Fossil genera

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• †Anaglyphites Template:Small – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian), Shar-Teg, Mongolia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian), Hengshan Formation, China, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• †"Anaglyphites" pluricavus Template:Small – La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
• †Apriacma Template:Small – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †Asimma Template:Small – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †Barbaticupes Template:Small – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Cainomerga Template:Small – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
• †Cretomerga Template:Small – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †Cupopsis Template:Small – New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
• †Cupidium Template:Small – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
• †Ensicupes Template:Small – Dalazi Formation, Guyang Formation, China, Aptian
• †Furcicupes Template:Small – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †Gracilicupes Template:Small – Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• †Kirghizocupes Template:Small – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †Latocupes Template:Small – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †Mallecupes Template:Small – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Menatops Template:Small – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
• †Mesocupes Template:Small – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
• †Miocupes Template:Small – Cypris Formation, Czech Republic, Miocene
• †"Platycupes" sogdianus Template:Small – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †"Priacma" sanzii Template:Small – Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
• †Priacmopsis Template:Small – Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
• †Pterocupes Template:Small – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †Taxopsis Template:Small – Baltic amber, Eocene

Notocupes, traditionally considered a member of Ommatidae, has been suggested to be more closely related to Cupedidae via cladistic analysis.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

External links

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