Copelatinae

Copelatinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genera (8): Agaporomorphus – Aglymbus – Austrelatus – Copelatus – Exocelina – Lacconectus – Liopterus – Madaglymbus
[source: Michat & Torres (2009: 310)]

Name

Copelatinae Branden, 1885

Type genus: Copelatus Erichson, 1832.

References

Primary references

• Van den Branden, C. 1885. Catalogue des coléoptères carnassiers aquatiques (Haliplidae, Amphizoïdae, Pelobiidae et Dytiscidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29: 5–118. BHL.

Additional references

• Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Vogler, A.P. 2004: MtDNA phylogeny and biogeography of Copelatinae, a highly diverse group of tropical diving beetles (Dytiscidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 32: 866–880. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.014
• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Michat, M.C.; Torres, P.L.M. 2009: A preliminary study on the phylogenetic relationships of Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) based on larval chaetotaxy and morphology. Hydrobiologia, 632: 309–327. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9853-2
• Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34. ISSN: 0966-2235
• Shaverdo, H., Hájek, J., Hendrich, L., Surbakti, S., Panjaitan, R. & Balke, M. 2023. Austrelatus gen. nov., a new genus of Australasian diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae), with the discovery of 31 new species from New Guinea. Zookeys 1170ː 1–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1170.103834 Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.; Monaghan, M.T.; Lees, D.C.; Ranaivosolo, R.; Balke, M. 2008: Madaglymbus, a new genus of Malagasy endemic diving beetles and description of a highly unusual species based on morphology and DNA sequence data (Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). Systematics and biodiversity, 6: 43–51. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002599
• Wewalka, G.; Balke, M.; Hendrich, L. 2010: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae (Coleoptera). Pp. 45-128 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869