Copelatini Explained

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]

• Agaporomorphus
• Aglymbus
• Capelatus
• Copelatus
• Exocelina
• Lacconectus
• Liopterus
• Madaglymbus

Notes and References

1. JD9. Copelatinae.
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 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.014 . 15288062 . 14 August 2021.
3. KQT. Copelatini.