Copelatus

Genus of diving beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Copelatus is a large genus of small diving beetles. There are some 470 described species in the genus, found worldwide, but they are most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Copelatus are often black or brown in color, many species of Copelatus possessing visible longitudinal furrows down the dorsal side of the wings of both sexes.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Adephaga
Quick facts Copelatus Temporal range: Eocene – present, Scientific classification ...
Copelatus
Temporal range: Eocene[1] – present
Copelatus biroi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Copelatinae
Tribe: Copelatini
Genus: Copelatus
Erichson, 1832
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Systematics

The genus Copelatus is divided into several subgenera (Colepatus, Papuadytes etc.), some of which are sometimes treated as separate genera. It may be paraphyletic with respect to the smaller Copelatinae genera Lacconectus and Aglymbus.[2] The species include:[3]

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