Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: C. Van den Branden. 1885. Catalogue des coléoptères carnassiers aquatiques (Haliplidae, Amphizoïdae, Pelobiidae et Dytiscidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29:5-118
Parent taxon: Dytiscidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nilsson 2001
Sister taxa: Agabinae, Angaragabus, Aubehydrinae, Colymbetinae, Coptotominae, Cretodytes, Cybisterinae, Dytiscinae, Hydroporinae, Laccophilinae, Liadytiscinae, Necticus palustris, Palaeodytes, Sinoporus
Subtaxa: Copelatini Copelatus
Type: Copelatus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences