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.^[1]

The family consists of about 30 species in 9 genera; they are present in Asia, Oceania and the Americas but are notably absent from Europe (even if European fossils are known). Many more extinct species are known, dating as far back as the Triassic.^[1] 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.^[2]

These beetles tend to be elongated with a parallel-sided body, ranging in length from 10 to 20 mm (0.39 to 0.79 in), with colors brownish, blackish, or gray. The larvae are wood-borers, typically living in fungus-infested wood, and sometimes found in wood construction.^[1] The larvae eat the fungus-infested dead wood or tree roots while the adults are believed to subsist on pollen and plant sap.^[3]

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.^[1]

• AdinolepisNeboiss, 1984 – Australia
• AscioplagaNeboiss, 1984 – New Caledonia, Australia
• CupesFabricius, 1801 – Europe, China, Paleogene; North America, Recent
• DistocupesNeboiss, 1984 – Australia
• ParacupesKolbe, 1898 – South America
• PriacmaLeConte, 1874 – Myanmar, Cretaceous; North America, Recent
• ProlixocupesNeboiss, 1960 – North America, South America
• RhipsideigmaNeboiss, 1984 – Madagascar, East Africa
• TenomergaNeboiss, 1984 – East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, North America, South Africa

Fossil genera

After Kirejtshuk, Nel and Kirejtshuk (2016).^[4]

• †AnaglyphitesPonomarenko, 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" pluricavusSoriano and Delclos, 2006 – La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
• †ApriacmaKirejtshuk et al., 2016 – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †AsimmaPonomarenko, 1966 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †BarbaticupesJarzembowski et al., 2017 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †CainomergaKirejtshuk et al., 2016 – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
• †CretomergaKirejtshuk et al., 2016 – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †CupopsisKirejtshuk et al., 2016 – New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
• †CupidiumPonomarenko, 1968 – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
• †EnsicupesHong, 1976 – Dalazi Formation, Guyang Formation, China, Aptian
• †FurcicupesTan and Ren, 2006 – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †GracilicupesTan et al., 2006 – Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• †KirghizocupesPonomarenko, 1966 – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
• †LatocupesRen and Tan, 2006 – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
• †MallecupesJarzembowski et al., 2017 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †MenatopsKirejtshuk et al., 2016 – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
• †MesocupesMartynov, 1926 – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
• † Miocupes Ponomarenko, 1973 – Formación Cypris, República Checa, Mioceno
• † "Platycupes" sogdianus Ponomarenko, 1966 – Formación Madygen, Kirguistán, Triásico Superior
• † "Priacma" sanzii Soriano y Delclos, 2006 – Las Hoyas, España, Barremian
• † Priacmopsis Ponomarenko, 1966 – Formación Zaza, Rusia, Aptiense
• † Pterocupes Ponomarenko, 1966 – Formación Madygen, Kirguistán, Triásico Superior
• † Rotunthorax Gui et al. , 2026 ^{[ 5 ]} – Formación Tanzhuang , China, Triásico Medio-Superior
• † Taxopsis Kirejtshuk et al. , 2016 – Ámbar báltico , Eoceno

Se ha sugerido que Notocupes , tradicionalmente considerado un miembro de Ommatidae, está más estrechamente relacionado con Cupedidae mediante análisis cladísticos. ^{[ 6 ]}

• Árbol de la vida
• " Cupedidae " . Atlas de la vida en Australia .
• Contenido multimedia relacionado con Cupedidae en Wikimedia Commons
• Datos relacionados con Cupedidae en Wikispecies