Cupedidae
{{Short description|Family of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Triassic|Recent}}
| image = Tenomerga mucida01.jpg
| image_caption = Tenomerga mucida
| taxon = Cupedidae
| authority = Laporte, 1836
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = Adinolepis
}}
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.{{cite book |first1=Arthur V. |last1=Evans |first2=James N. |last2=Hogue |chapter=Family Groups: Reticulated Beetles Cupedidae |title=Field Guide to Beetles of California |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbUwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |date=15 November 2006 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24657-7 |pages=51–}}
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. 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.{{Cite journal|last1=McKenna|first1=Duane D.|last2=Shin|first2=Seunggwan|last3=Ahrens|first3=Dirk|last4=Balke|first4=Michael|last5=Beza-Beza|first5=Cristian|last6=Clarke|first6=Dave J.|last7=Donath|first7=Alexander|last8=Escalona|first8=Hermes E.|last9=Friedrich|first9=Frank|last10=Letsch|first10=Harald|last11=Liu|first11=Shanlin|date=2019-12-03|title=The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=116|issue=49|pages=24729–24737|doi=10.1073/pnas.1909655116|issn=0027-8424|pmc=6900523|pmid=31740605|doi-access=free|bibcode=2019PNAS..11624729M }}
These beetles tend to be elongated with a parallel-sided body, ranging in length from {{cvt|10|to|20|mm}}, with colors brownish, blackish, or gray. The larvae are wood-borers, typically living in fungus-infested wood, and sometimes found in wood construction. The larvae eat the fungus-infested dead wood or tree roots while the adults are believed to subsist on pollen and plant sap.{{Cite journal|last1=Jarzembowski|first1=Edmund A.|last2=Wang|first2=Bo|last3=Zheng|first3=Daran|date=2017-10-01|title=A new spiny reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787817300974|journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association|language=en|volume=128|issue=5|pages=798–802|doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.003|bibcode=2017PrGA..128..798J |issn=0016-7878}}
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.
Taxonomy
- Adinolepis {{small|Neboiss, 1984}} – Australia
- Ascioplaga {{small|Neboiss, 1984}} – New Caledonia, Australia
- Cupes {{small|Fabricius, 1801}} – Europe, China, Paleogene; North America, Recent
- Distocupes {{small|Neboiss, 1984}} – Australia
- Paracupes {{small|Kolbe, 1898}} – South America
- Priacma {{small|LeConte, 1874}} – Myanmar, Cretaceous; North America, Recent
- Prolixocupes {{small|Neboiss, 1960}} – North America, South America
- Rhipsideigma {{small|Neboiss, 1984}} – Madagascar, East Africa
- Tenomerga {{small|Neboiss, 1984}} – East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, North America, South Africa
= Fossil genera =
- †Anaglyphites {{small|Ponomarenko, 1964}} – 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 {{small|Soriano and Delclos, 2006}} – La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
- †Apriacma {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- †Asimma {{small|Ponomarenko, 1966}} – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Barbaticupes {{small|Jarzembowski et al., 2017}} – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- †Cainomerga {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
- †Cretomerga {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- †Cupopsis {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
- †Cupidium {{small|Ponomarenko, 1968}} – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
- †Ensicupes {{small|Hong, 1976}} – Dalazi Formation, Guyang Formation, China, Aptian
- †Furcicupes {{small|Tan and Ren, 2006}} – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- †Gracilicupes {{small|Tan et al., 2006}} – Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Kirghizocupes {{small|Ponomarenko, 1966}} – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Latocupes {{small|Ren and Tan, 2006}} – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- †Mallecupes {{small|Jarzembowski et al., 2017}} – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Menatops {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
- †Mesocupes {{small|Martynov, 1926}} – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
- †Miocupes {{small|Ponomarenko, 1973}} – Cypris Formation, Czech Republic, Miocene
- †"Platycupes" sogdianus {{small|Ponomarenko, 1966}} – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †"Priacma" sanzii {{small|Soriano and Delclos, 2006}} – Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
- †Priacmopsis {{small|Ponomarenko, 1966}} – Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- †Pterocupes {{small|Ponomarenko, 1966}} – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
- †Taxopsis {{small|Kirejtshuk et al., 2016}} – Baltic amber, Eocene
Notocupes, traditionally considered a member of Ommatidae, has been suggested to be more closely related to Cupedidae via cladistic analysis.{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Yan-Da |last2=Tihelka |first2=Erik |last3=Yamamoto |first3=Shûhei |last4=Newton |first4=Alfred F. |last5=Xia |first5=Fang-Yuan |last6=Liu |first6=Ye |last7=Huang |first7=Di-Ying |last8=Cai |first8=Chen-Yang |date=2023-08-22 |title=Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |volume=11 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627 |issn=2296-701X|doi-access=free }}
References
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External links
- [http://tolweb.org/Cupedidae/8999 Tree of Life]
- {{cite web |title=Cupedidae |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1eda385e-8c57-4f94-ab85-0f9a49d5c6bc}}
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