Copelatus convexus

Taxonavigation

Copelatus convexus, neotype (piece and counterpiece)

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
Genus: Copelatus
Species: †Copelatus convexus

Name

• Copelatus convexus (Förster, 1891)
  • Authority for current combination: Fikáček, Hájek & Schmied, 2011: 18 ('comb. n.')
  • Combination: Hydrobius convexus: Théobald, 1937
  • Original combination genus: Escheria Heer, 1847
  • Primary type: neotype
    • Fixation: designated by Fikáček, Hájek & Schmied (2011: 18)
    • Description: 'fossil of the whole beetle in dorsal view, head, pronotum and elytra almost completely preserved; appendages missing'
    • Repository: NHMB R91 (imprint) + R74 (counter-imprint)
  • Type locality: 'Kleinkems (SW Germany, ...'
  • Type horizon: 'ca. Eocene-Oligocene boundary', 34 mya

References

• Fikáček, M.; Hájek, J.; Schmied, H. 2011: On the identity of the fossil aquatic beetles from the Tertiary localities in the southern part of the Upper Rhine Graben (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Dytiscidae). ZooKeys, 78: 15–25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.78.800
• Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333–593. BHL.
• Théobald 1937: Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. G. Thomas, Nancy.
• Copelatus convexus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

• BHL bibliography
• Copelatus convexus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Copelatus convexus.
• ION