Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Alternative spellings: Cupesidae, Cupidae
Parent taxon: Cupedoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Carpenter 1992, Crowson 1981, Hong and Wang 1987, Kirejtshuk 2020, Kirejtshuk et al. 2010, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Lin 1976 and Lin 1982
Sister taxa: Crowsoniellidae, Magnocoleidae, Magnocoleus, Micromalthidae, Ommatidae
Subtaxa: Cainocups Cupedinae Mesocupedinae Priacminae
Type: Cupes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (6), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of France (5)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (7), France (1), Mongolia (4), Myanmar (4), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of China (4), Kazakhstan (7), Mongolia (3), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (3)
Total: 73 collections including 130 occurrences