Subfamily Copelatinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Beetle at MV light - Copelatus glyphicus

Brown-edged predaceous diver - Copelatus

Copelatus chevrolati? - Copelatus chevrolati

Copelatus glyphicus in March - Copelatus glyphicus

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.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 8 February, 2009 - 1:12am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 June, 2023 - 8:06pm

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