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