Copelatini

Copelatini
Copelatus sibelaemontis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: Copelatinae
Tribe: Copelatini
Branden, 1885

Copelatini is a tribe of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. It is the sole tribe in the subfamily Copelatinae.[1] The largest genus within the tribe is Copelatus, which has about 470 described species found worldwide, but most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia.[2]

Genera accepted within the tribe:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Copelatinae". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Copelatini". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.


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