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]
| Copelatini | |
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| Copelatus sibelaemontis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Copelatinae |
| Tribe: | Copelatini Branden, 1885 |
Genera accepted within the tribe:[3]
References
edit- ^ "Copelatinae". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Copelatini". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
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