Tribe Vatellini Sharp 1880 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Full reference: D. Sharp. 1880. Avis préliminaire d’une nouvelle classification de la famille des Dytiscidae. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 23:cxlvii-cli

Parent taxon: Hydroporinae according to B. Klausnitzer 2003

See also Miller and Lubkin 2001 and Nilsson 2001

Sister taxa: Bidessini, Glessaria, Hydroporini, Hygrotini, Hyphydrini, Methlini, Procoelambus, Schistomerini

Subtaxa: Calicovatellus Derovatellus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mule Canyon, 50 m from road (Miocene of California)

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