Prolixocupes lobiceps

Prolixocupes lobiceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cupedoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Archostemata Superfamilia: Cupedoidea

Familia: Cupedidae
Genus: Prolixocupes
Species: Prolixocupes lobiceps

Name

Prolixocupes lobiceps (LeConte, 1874)

Holotype: MCZ:Ent:3683. Labels: "Cal"; "C. lobiceps Lec."; "Type 3683"; "Cupes lobiceps Lec".

Type locality: San Diego, California.

Synonymy

• Cupes lobiceps LeConte, 1874: 88 (original combination)
• Cupes boycei Papp, 1961: 211
  • Holotype: NBC, ♂.
  • Type locality: Temescal Canyon, ca. 20 miles west of Riverside, California.
• Prolixocupes lobiceps: Crowson, 1962: 148

References

Primary references

• Crowson, R.A. 1962. Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two fossil forms and a key to the recent genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 13) 5(51): 147–157. DOI: 10.1080/00222936208651227 . Reference page. 
• LeConte, J.L. 1874. On Cupesidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 87–88. BHL.
• Papp, C.S. 1961. Cupes boycei collected from Platanus racemosa Nutt., in California with a key to Nearctic species. Entomologische Berichten 21: 210–214. BHL.

Additional references

• Kavanaugh, D.H.; Clark, W.H. 2012: Prolixocupes lobiceps (LeConte) on the Baja California Peninsula: first records for suborder Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) and family Cupedidae from México. Pan-Pacific entomologist, 88 (4): 423–430. DOI: 10.3956/2012-50.1