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Kupeus

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Kupeus
Kupeus arcuatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Rhysodinae
Genus: Kupeus
R.T. Bell & J.R. Bell, 1982
Species:
K. arcuatus
Binomial name
Kupeus arcuatus
(Chevrolat, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Clinidium arcuatum Chevrolat, 1837[1]

Kupeus is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae.[2] Its only species is Kupeus arcuatus, endemic to New Zealand.[3][4] K. arcuatus was originally described in 1873 by Louis Chevrolat.

References

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  1. ^ Chevrolet, Auguste (1873). "Descriptions of new Rhysodides and enumeration of the species described". Annals of the Entomological Society of France. 5. 3: 207–218 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, NZ: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3.
  3. ^ "Kupeus R.T. & J.R.Bell, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ^ Bell, Ross T. "Kupeus. Kupeus arcuatus. Version 01 March 2000". Tree of Life Project.