| Copelatini | |
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| Copelatus sibelaemontis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Copelatinae |
| Tribe: | Copelatini Branden, 1885 |
Copelatini is a tribe of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. It is the sole tribe in the subfamily Copelatinae.1 The largest genus within the tribe is Copelatus, which has about 470 described species found worldwide, but most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia.2
Genera accepted within the tribe:3
References
References
- "Copelatinae". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Balke, Michael; Ribera, Ignacio; Vogler, Alfried (2004). "MtDNA phylogeny and biogeography of Copelatinae, a highly diverse group of tropical diving beetles (Dytiscidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (3): 866–880. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.014. PMID 15288062. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Copelatini". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.