Copelatus masculinus

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
Genus: Copelatus
Species: Copelatus masculinus

Name

Copelatus masculinus Régimbart, 1899

Type locality: Philippines: Luçon

Lectotype: MNHN. male ♂. 1898. legit Régimbart (lectotype designated by Hájek, Hendrich & Balke, 2018: 84)

Synonymy

• Copelatus imasakai Matsui & Kitayama, 2000: 95 (synonymized by Hájek, Hendrich & Balke, 2018: 84)
  • Type locality: Nakamagawa-Rindo, Iriomote Is., Ryukyus.
    • Holotype: EUM. male ♂. 30.XII.1997. legit I. Matoba.

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1882a. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 2: 179-1003 Reference page. .

Additional references

• Matsui, E.; Kitayama, A. 2000: A new species of the genus Copelatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Esakia, (40): 95–98.

• Hájek, J., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2018. The Copelatus doriae-masculinus species complex in Greater Sunda, with description of three new species and a new synonymy. Spixiana 41(1): 77-90. Full article (PDF). Reference page.