Copelatus mkambati

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Copelatus
Species: Copelatus mkambati

Name

Copelatus mkambati Bilton & Mlambo, 2022: 17

Type locality: South Africa EC, Mkambati Nature Reserve, Mgwegwe River, 31°17’ 36.28”S, 29°59’50.83”E, 58 m.

Holotype: AMGS. male ♂. 07.IX.2019. legit D T Bilton.

References

Primary references

• Bilton, D.T. & Mlambo, M.C. 2022. A new Copelatus with small eyes from the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(1): 15–21. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.002. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.