Genus Copelatus Erichson, 1832
Compiler and date details
2008 - ABRS, with input from C.H.S. Watts, South Australian Museum
2002 - Updated by Andrew A. Calder, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia
1987 - J.F. Lawrence, T.A. Weir & J.E. Pyke
- Copelatus Erichson, W.F. 1832. Genera Dyticeorum. Dissertatio inauguralis, Berolini. (Sumtibus auctoris). Berlin : Hold ii 48 pp. [38].
Type species:
Dytiscus posticatus Fabricius, 1801 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [120].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Worldwide.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
- Balke, M. 1998. Revision of New Guinea Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): The running water species, Part I. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 100B: 301-341
- Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [120]
General References
Hendrich, L., Shaverdo, H., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Australian Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 889: 81-152
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2020 | ADEPHAGA | 20-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |