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Subfamily Coptotominae

Diving Beetle - Coptotomus longulus - female Coptotomus sp.? - Coptotomus Coptotomus longulus Water Beetle - Coptotomus Coptotomus venustus Dytiscidae - Coptotomus Water beetle - Coptotomus Water beetle - Coptotomus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Coptotominae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly included in Colymbetinae
Explanation of Names
Coptotominae Van den Branden 1885
Numbers
a single genus with 5 spp. total, all in our area(1)
Works Cited
1.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 29 October, 2010 - 10:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 5:44pm

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