Cupes capensis
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Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Suborder: Archostemata > Family:
Cupedidae
A rare family in Southern Africa, with only one known
species, Cupes capensis, which is found in southern Cape and east coast
forests. Larvae bore into rotten logs and fungi.
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