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Prolixocupes

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Genus of beetles

Prolixocupes
Prolixocupes lobiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Prolixocupes
Neboiss, 1960
Species
  • Prolixocupes latreillei (Solier, 1849)
  • Prolixocupes lobiceps (Leconte, 1874)

Prolixocupes is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. It contains two species, P. latreillei and P. lobiceps. The former is endemic to central Chile and adjacent areas of western Argentina between 25° and 35° S, while the latter is endemic to Arizona and California in Western North America.

References

  1. Arnett, R.H., Jr. & M. C. Thomas, eds. American Beetles, Volume 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001. p. 20.
  2. "Prolixocupes". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
Taxon identifiers
Prolixocupes


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