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Subfamily Copelatinae

Beetle IMG_0773 - Copelatus glyphicus Water Beetle - Copelatus glyphicus 1011C43 - Copelatus debilis Predaceous Diving Beetle - Copelatus chevrolati Copelatus? - Copelatus chevrolati 2018-10-04 Brown-headed predaceous diver - Copelatus glyphicus Copelatus distinctus Aubé - Copelatus distinctus Copelatus. Maybe C. chevrolati? - Copelatus chevrolati
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Copelatinae
Explanation of Names
Copelatinae Van den Branden 1885
Numbers
2 genera in our area(1), >660 spp. in 8 genera total(2)
Range
worldwide; with few exceptions, tropical(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.