| Capelatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Tribe: | Copelatini |
| Genus: | Capelatus |
| Species: | C. prykei
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| Binomial name | |
| Capelatus prykei Turner & Bilton, 2015
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Capelatus is a monotypic genus of diving beetle found on the Cape Peninsula, close to Cape Town, South Africa.1
The beetle's sole accepted species, Capelatus prykei, has no close relatives in Africa south of the Sahara, instead being related to beetles found in the Palaearctic and Australasia.
References
References
- "New Species of Beetle Found Living in Africa". University of Plymouth Press Office. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
External links
External links
- Capelatus prykei gen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) – a phylogenetically isolated diving beetle from the Western Cape of South Africa Systematic Entomology Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue) published online: 9 APR 2015 doi:10.1111/syen.12128 Pdf