4-401: Adinolepis Ascioplaga Cupes Distocupes Paracupes Priacma Prolixocupes Rhipsideigma Tenomerga 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
8-632: 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 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. The larvae eat
12-474: A member of Ommatidae, has been suggested to be more closely related to Cupedidae via cladistic analysis. This Archostemata -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Adinolepis Adinolepis is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae containing four species, all endemic to Australia. A fifth species, Adinolepis scalena , was transferred to Ascioplaga in 2009. This Archostemata -related article
16-430: 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. After Kirejtshuk, Nel and Kirejtshuk (2016). Notocupes , traditionally considered
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