[ The larvae eat the fungus-infested dead wood or tree roots while the adults are believed to subsist on pollen and plant sap.]
Males of Priacma serrata (western North America) are notable for being strongly attracted to common household bleach. This suggests that compounds in bleach may resemble attractive compounds found by the beetle in nature.[
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Taxonomy
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Adinolepis – Australia
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Ascioplaga – New Caledonia, Australia
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Cupes – Europe, China, Paleogene; North America, Recent
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Distocupes – Australia
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Paracupes – South America
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Priacma – Myanmar, Cretaceous; North America, Recent
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Prolixocupes – North America, South America
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Rhipsideigma – Madagascar, East Africa
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Tenomerga – East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, North America, South Africa
Fossil genera
After Kirejtshuk, Nel and Kirejtshuk (2016).
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† Anaglyphites – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian), Shar-Teg, Mongolia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian), Hengshan Formation, China, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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† "Anaglyphites" pluricavus – La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
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† Apriacma – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
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† Asimma – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
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† Barbaticupes – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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† Cainomerga – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
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† Cretomerga – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
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† Cupopsis – New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
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† Cupidium – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian
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† Ensicupes – Dalazi Formation, Guyang Formation, China, Aptian
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† Furcicupes – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
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† Gracilicupes – Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
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† Kirghizocupes – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
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† Latocupes – Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
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† Mallecupes – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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† Menatops – Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
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† Mesocupes – Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
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† Miocupes – Cypris Formation, Czech Republic, Miocene
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† "Platycupes" sogdianus – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
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† "Priacma" sanzii – Las Hoyas, Spain, Barremian
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† Priacmopsis – Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
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† Pterocupes – Madygen Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Late Triassic
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† Taxopsis – Baltic amber, Eocene
Notocupes, traditionally considered a member of Ommatidae, has been suggested to be more closely related to Cupedidae via cladistic analysis.
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