Paracupes

Paracupes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cupedidae
Genus:	Paracupes; Kolbe, 1898
Synonyms
	ParacupoidesKirejtshuk, Nel & Kirejtshuk, 2016

Last updated August 16, 2025

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

There are three extant species:^[1]^[2]

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

References

↑ Paracupes. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
↑ 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.

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[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.

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