Copelatinae
Copelatinae | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Subfamily: | Copelatinae |
Copelatinae is a subfamily of diving beetles, in the Dytiscidae family. The subfamily contains seven genera: Agaporomorphus, Aglymbus, Copelatus, Exocelina, Lacconectus, Liopterus, and Madaglymbus. Of these, the largest is Copelatus, which has about 470 described species found worldwide, but most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia.
References
External links
Wikispecies has information related to: Copelatinae |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.