Copelatinae

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Copelatinae
Copelatus sibelaemontis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Copelatinae
Branden, 1885

Copelatinae is a subfamily of diving beetles, in the family Dytiscidae.[1] The subfamily contains seven genera: Agaporomorphus, Aglymbus, Copelatus, Exocelina, Lacconectus, Liopterus, and Madaglymbus. Of these, the largest is Copelatus, which has about 470 described species found worldwide, but most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Balke, Michael; Ribera, Ignacio; Vogler, Alfried (2004). "MtDNA phylogeny and biogeography of Copelatinae, a highly diverse group of tropical diving beetles (Dytiscidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (3): 866–880. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.014. PMID 15288062. Retrieved 14 August 2021.