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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.

Cupes is a monotypic genus that contains the single species Cupes capitatus. 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.


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