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Copelatus
Copelatus is a large genus of small diving beetles. There are some 470 described species in the genus, found worldwide, but they are most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Copelatus are often black or brown in color, many species of Copelatus possessing visible longitudinal furrows down the dorsal side of the wings of both sexes.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chevrolat's Dytiscid
speciesCopelatus chevrolati
Copelatus glyphicus
speciesCopelatus glyphicus
Copelatus caelatipennis
speciesCopelatus caelatipennis
Copelatus debilis
speciesCopelatus debilis
Copelatus oblitus
speciesCopelatus oblitus
Copelatus weymarni
speciesCopelatus weymarni
Copelatus portior
speciesCopelatus portior
Copelatus tenebrosus
speciesCopelatus tenebrosus
Copelatus distinctus
speciesCopelatus distinctus
Copelatus kammuriensis
speciesCopelatus kammuriensis
Copelatus sociennus
speciesCopelatus sociennus
Copelatus posticatus
speciesCopelatus posticatus
Copelatus erichsoni
speciesCopelatus erichsoni
Copelatus cubaensis
speciesCopelatus cubaensis
Copelatus galapagoensis
speciesCopelatus galapagoensis
Copelatus marginatus
speciesCopelatus marginatus
Copelatus teranishii
speciesCopelatus teranishii
Copelatus concolor
speciesCopelatus concolor
Copelatus nakamurai
speciesCopelatus nakamurai
Copelatus bezdeki
speciesCopelatus bezdeki
Copelatus jinlingensis
speciesCopelatus jinlingensis
Copelatus prolongatus
speciesCopelatus prolongatus
Copelatus vitraci
speciesCopelatus vitraci
Copelatus longicornis
speciesCopelatus longicornis
Copelatus inornatus
speciesCopelatus inornatus
Copelatus brasiliensis
speciesCopelatus brasiliensis
Copelatus dimorphus
speciesCopelatus dimorphus
Copelatus takakurai
speciesCopelatus takakurai
Copelatus neelumae
speciesCopelatus neelumae
Copelatus japonicus
speciesCopelatus japonicus
Copelatus ogasawarensis
speciesCopelatus ogasawarensis
Copelatus cryptarchoides
speciesCopelatus cryptarchoides
Copelatus amatolensis
speciesCopelatus amatolensis
Copelatus caffer
speciesCopelatus caffer
Copelatus capensis
speciesCopelatus capensis
Copelatus carinatus
speciesCopelatus carinatus
Copelatus edax
speciesCopelatus edax
Copelatus ejactus
speciesCopelatus ejactus
Copelatus ferus
speciesCopelatus ferus
Copelatus hardenbergi
speciesCopelatus hardenbergi
Copelatus johannis
speciesCopelatus johannis
Copelatus kalaharii
speciesCopelatus kalaharii
Copelatus latus
speciesCopelatus latus
Copelatus mulangensis
speciesCopelatus mulangensis
Copelatus neavei
speciesCopelatus neavei
Copelatus notius
speciesCopelatus notius
Copelatus owas
speciesCopelatus owas
Copelatus piriensis
speciesCopelatus piriensis
Copelatus platynotus
speciesCopelatus platynotus
Copelatus pulchellus
speciesCopelatus pulchellus
Copelatus rivalis
speciesCopelatus rivalis
Copelatus striatellus
speciesCopelatus striatellus
Copelatus striatulus
speciesCopelatus striatulus
Copelatus sylvaticus
speciesCopelatus sylvaticus
Copelatus tostus
speciesCopelatus tostus
Copelatus ibrahimi
speciesCopelatus ibrahimi
Copelatus punctulatus
speciesCopelatus punctulatus
Copelatus mysorensis
speciesCopelatus mysorensis
Copelatus masculinus
speciesCopelatus masculinus
Copelatus minutissimus
speciesCopelatus minutissimus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174243.