Calicovatellus
Genus of beetles
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Calicovatellus is an extinct genus of dytiscid beetle in the subfamily Hydroporinae. As of 2018[update], only one species is recognized, Calicovatellus petrodytes. It was found in the Barstow Formation in southern California and dates to the Miocene.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Tribe: | Vatellini |
| Genus: | †Calicovatellus K.B.Miller & Lubkin, 2001[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Calicovatellus petrodytes K.B.Miller & Lubkin, 2001 | |
