Cupes capitata Fabricius, 1801 is a animal in the Cupedidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cupes capitata Fabricius, 1801

Cupes capitata Fabricius, 1801

Cupes capitata is the only living Cupes genus (Cupedidae) beetle species, found in parts of eastern North America.

Family
Genus
Cupes
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cupes capitata Fabricius, 1801

Cupes capitata (referred to as Cupes capitatus in the original text) is a beetle species first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801. It is the only extant living species in the genus Cupes, which belongs to the family Cupedidae. This species is distributed in North America: in the United States, it occurs from Georgia to Maine, and in Canada it can be found in Ontario.

Taxonomy

Animalia โ€บ Arthropoda โ€บ Insecta โ€บ Coleoptera โ€บ Cupedidae โ€บ Cupes

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