| Coptotomus | |
|---|---|
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| Coptotomus longulus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Coptotominae |
| Genus: | Coptotomus Say, 1830 |
Coptotomus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae, the only genus of the subfamily Coptotominae. There are about six described species in Coptotomus, found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3][4]
There is one extinct species from the Palearctic.[5]
Species
These six species belong to the genus Coptotomus:
- †Coptotomus balticus Hendrich and Balke, 2020
- Coptotomus difficilis LeConte, 1852
- Coptotomus interrogatus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Coptotomus longulus LeConte, 1852
- Coptotomus loticus Hilsenhoff, 1980
- Coptotomus serripalpus Say, 1830
- Coptotomus venustus (Say, 1823)
References
- ↑ "Coptotomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ "Coptotomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ "Coptotomus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ Hendrich, Lars; Balke, Michael (2020). "A Baltic amber species of the diving beetle genus Coptotomus Say, 1830 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Coptotominae)". Zootaxa. 4895 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.7.
Further reading
- Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
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