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Paracupes

Paracupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae, the reticulated beetles.

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Paracupes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Paracupes
Kolbe, 1898
Synonyms

Paracupoides Kirejtshuk, Nel & Kirejtshuk, 2016

Paracupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae, the reticulated beetles.

There are three extant species:12

  • Paracupes ascius Neboiss, 1989 – Ecuador
  • Paracupes brasiliensis Kolbe, 1898 – Brazil
  • Paracupes mexicanus Rodríguez-Mirón & López-Pérez, 2019 – Chiapas, Mexico
References

References

  1. Paracupes. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. PMID 31716443. S2CID 92211457.