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Copelatus
Taxonomy
Copelatus was named by Erichson (1832). It is extant. It is the type genus of Copelatinae, Copelatini.
It was assigned to Colymbetini by LeConte (1861); to Copelatini by Nilsson (2001); to Dytiscidae by Carpenter (1992), Solórzano Kraemer (2007); and to Copelatinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Colymbetini by LeConte (1861); to Copelatini by Nilsson (2001); to Dytiscidae by Carpenter (1992), Solórzano Kraemer (2007); and to Copelatinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Copelatus Erichson p. 38 |
| 1861 | Copelatus LeConte p. 41 |
| 1992 | Copelatus Carpenter |
| 2001 | Copelatus Nilsson p. 265 |
| 2007 | Copelatus Solórzano Kraemer p. 31 |
| 2011 | Copelatus Bouchard et al. p. 150 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Copelatus Erichson 1832
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†Copelatus aphroditae Balke 2003
†Copelatus chiapas Hájek et al. 2025
†Copelatus convexus Förster 1891
†Copelatus fossilis Říha 1974
†Copelatus ponomarenkoi Říha 1974
†Copelatus predaveterus Miller 2003
†Copelatus stavropolitanus Říha 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | C. aphroditae (123770) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Escheria convexa (121473) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | C. chiapas (239846) C. sp. (21977 239847) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | C. predaveterus (122982) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | C. spp. (138756) C. spp., C. stavropolitanus, C. ponomarenkoi, C. fossilis (105571) |