reticulated beetle

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.

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.

These beetles tend to be elongated with a parallel-sided body, ranging in length from , 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.

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'' Neboiss, 1984 Australia
* '' Ascioplaga'' Neboiss, 1984 New Caledonia
* '' Cupes'' Fabricius, 1801 Europe, China Paleogene, North America, Recent
* '' Distocupes'' Neboiss, 1984, Australia
* '' Paracupes'' Kolbe, 1898, South America
* '' Priacma'' LeConte, 1874 Myanmar, Cretaceous, North America, Recent
* '' Prolixocupes'' Neboiss, 1960 North America, South America
* '' Rhipsideigma'' Neboiss, 1984 Madagascar, East Africa
* '' Tenomerga'' Neboiss, 1984 East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, North America, South Africa

Fossil genera

After Kirejtshuk, Nel & Kirejtshuk, 2016.
* †'' Anaglyphites'' 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'' Soriano and Delclos 2006 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
* †'' Apriacma'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †'' Asimma'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †'' Barbaticupes'' Jarzembowski et al. 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
* †'' Cainomerga'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
* †'' Cretomerga'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †'' Cupopsis'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
* †'' Cupidium'' Ponomarenko 1968 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
* †'' Ensicupes'' Hong 1976 Dalazi Formation, Guyang Formation, China, Aptian
* †'' Furcicupes'' Tan and Ren 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †'' Gracilicupes'' Tan et al. 2006 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
* †'' Kirghizocupes'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †'' Latocupes'' Ren and Tan 2006 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
* †'' Mallecupes'' Jarzembowski et al. 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †'' Menatops'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
* †'' Mesocupes'' Martynov 1926 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
* †'' Miocupes'' Ponomarenko 1973 Cypris Formation, Czech Republic, Miocene
* †''"Platycupes" sogdianus'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †''"Priacma" sanzii'' Soriano and Delclos 2006 Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
* †'' Priacmopsis'' Ponomarenko 1966 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
* †'' Pterocupes'' Ponomarenko 1966 Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
* †'' Taxopsis'' Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene

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Beetle families

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