Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Copelatinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | Family Dytiscidae Scientific name Copelatus Higher classification Copelatinae Order Beetle | |
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Similar Dytiscidae, Beetle, Copelatinae, Insect, Laccophilus | ||
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.
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. The species include:
References
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