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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Archostemata » Reticulated Beetles (Cupedidae) » Cupes » Cupes capitatus

Species Cupes capitatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Archostemata

Family Cupedidae (Reticulated Beetles)

Genus Cupes

Species capitatus (Cupes capitatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cupes capitatus Fabricius, 1801

Numbers

Only species in this genus.

Size

c. 7.8 mm length - TOL

Identification

Tarsal grooves present on prosternum, separated by two low ridges. Antennae long and filiform. (1)

Coloration black with an orange/reddish head.

Range

Eastern USA & Canada (2)

State/Provincial Records: (2), BG Data

US: CT, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV

CAN: ON

Season

Jun-Aug (BG data)

June, September (North Carolina).

Life Cycle

The larvae of this species as well as the life cycle and the preferred food source are unknown. - TOL

Remarks

Uncommon in the US

Print References

Brimley, p. 159, lists records from lower elevations in North Carolina for June, one high-elevation record in September. (3)

Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum. Kiliae, 2: 66-67.

Neboiss, A. 1984. Reclassification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.), with descriptions of new genera and species (Cupedidae: Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 9: 443-477.

Internet References

Tree of Life - TOL

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection records from North Carolina, with 19 pinned.

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón & Sarah López-Pérez. 2019. Zootaxa 4567 (1): 147–160.

3.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 12 May, 2005 - 7:07am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 December, 2021 - 4:06pm

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