{{Short description|Extinct genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Callovian|Aptian}} | image = Monticupes curtinervis.png | image_caption = ''Monticupes curtinervis'' | taxon = Monticupes | authority = Ren, 1995 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *†''Monticupes curtinervis'' (Tan et al. 2007) *†''Monticupes decorosus'' (Tan et al. 2012) *†''Monticupes fentaiensis'' Ren 1995 *†''Monticupes surrectus'' Ren 1995 }} left|thumb|Drawing of ''Monticupes decorosus'' '''''Monticupes''''' is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. The genus is characterised by "moderately oval body, subtriangular or long (subparallelsided) head with large eyes and well raised temples, pronotum carinate and with subexplanate sides, veins well expressed with fused A1 and Cu at apex and their common vein ending on Sc, explanate elytral sides moderately wide and with diffuse small microtubercles, and abdominal ventrites co-planar (abutting)."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirejtshuk|first=Alexander G.|date=2020-02-17|title=Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea|journal=Geosciences|volume=10|issue=2|pages=73|doi=10.3390/geosciences10020073|bibcode=2020Geosc..10...73K|issn=2076-3263|doi-access=free}}</ref>
== Species ==
* †''Monticupes curtinervis'' (Tan et al. 2007) Yixian Formation, China, Aptian * †''Monticupes decorosus'' (Tan et al. 2012) Daohugou, China, Callovian * †''Monticupes fentaiensis'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian * †''Monticupes surrectus'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian
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Category:Ommatidae Category:Fossil beetle genera