Cupes

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Thanetian|0| Thanetian - Recent}}

| image = Cupes capitatus 3 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Cupes capitatus

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| taxon = Cupes

| authority = Fabricius, 1801

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = *Cupoides Motschulsky, 1856

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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.Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. [http://tolweb.org/Cupedidae/8999/ Cupedidae Laporte 1836.] Version 23 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.

Cupes contains a single living species Cupes capitatusArnett, R.H., Jr. & M. C. Thomas, eds. American Beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001. p.20. and a number of extinct species described from fossils dating from the Pliocene to the Paleocene.{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Cupes Fabricius 1801 (reticulated beetle)| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=153435 | access-date = 17 December 2021 }} C. capitatus is native to eastern North America, while the fossils are described from China and Europe. C. capitatus adults are {{convert|7.8|mm|in|abbr=on}} long on average with red to gray-brown body color and a bright orange head that is molded into several knobby protuberances.Hörnschemeyer, T. 2010. [http://tolweb.org/Cupes_capitatus/66467 Cupes capitatus Fabricius 1801.] Version 17 December 2010. The Tree of Life Web Project.