Copelatus

Copelatus
Copelatus
Temporal range: Eocene[1] - present
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Copelatinae
Genus: Copelatus
Erichson, 1832

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[2]. The species include:

  • Copelatus abditus
  • Copelatus abonnenci
  • Copelatus anastomosans
  • Copelatus angustatus
  • Copelatus assimilis
  • Copelatus ater
  • Copelatus australiae
  • Copelatus bacillifer
  • Copelatus bagus
  • Copelatus bengalensis
  • Copelatus blatchleyi
  • Copelatus bilunatus
  • Copelatus biolleyi
  • Copelatus caelatipennis
  • Copelatus chevrolati
  • Copelatus chloroticus
  • Copelatus clarki
  • Copelatus concolorans
  • Copelatus consimilis
  • Copelatus cubaensis
  • Copelatus debilis
  • Copelatus distinctus
  • Copelatus decemsulcatus
  • Copelatus epactus
  • Copelatus erichsonii
  • Copelatus ferrugineus
  • Copelatus fidschiensis
  • Copelatus filiformis
  • Copelatus fragilis
  • Copelatus freudei
  • Copelatus galapagoensis
  • Copelatus gestroi
  • Copelatus glyphicus
  • Copelatus glyptus
  • Copelatus haemorrhoidalis
  • Copelatus iguelaensis
  • Copelatus imasakai
  • Copelatus imitator
  • Copelatus impressicollis
  • Copelatus irregularis
  • Copelatus japonicus
  • Copelatus johannis
  • Copelatus kainantuensis
  • Copelatus kalaharii
  • Copelatus kammuriensis
  • Copelatus koreanus
  • Copelatus lineatus
  • Copelatus louayensis
  • Copelatus madangensis
  • Copelatus mancus
  • Copelatus melanarius
  • Copelatus minor
  • Copelatus mulangensis
  • Copelatus mvoungensis
  • Copelatus nigrolineatus
  • Copelatus oblitus
  • Copelatus pantosi
  • Copelatus parvulus
  • Copelatus posticatus
  • Copelatus punctipennis
  • Copelatus punctulatus
  • Copelatus shizong
  • Copelatus striatellus
  • Copelatus sudrei
  • Copelatus sylvaticus
  • Copelatus tonkinoides
  • Copelatus renovatus
  • Copelatus tarapotensis
  • Copelatus togoensis
  • Copelatus tostus
  • Copelatus utowaensis
  • Copelatus weymarni
  • Copelatus zimmermanni

References

  1. ^ Miller,K.B, Blake,M. The unusual occurrence of aquatic beetles in amber, copelatus aphroditae balke, n. sp. and C. predaveterus miller, n. sp., (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). Proc. of the Entomological Society of Washington, 2003, vol. 105, no4, pp. 809-815
  2. ^ Balke,M et al., MtDNA phylogeny and biogeography of Copelatinae, a highly diverse group of tropical diving beetles (Dytiscidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 32, Issue 3, 2004