Copelatus fossilis Říha 1974 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Full reference: P. Říha. 1974. Neue fossile Schwimmkäfer aus dem Tertiär Europas und Westsibiriens (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 71:398-413

Belongs to Copelatus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Říha 1974

Sister taxa: Copelatus aphroditae, Copelatus convexus, Copelatus ponomarenkoi, Copelatus predaveterus, Copelatus stavropolitanus

Type specimen: PIN 254/1623, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)

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