Copelatus chiapas

Copelatus chiapas
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Copelatus
Species:
†C. chiapas
Binomial name
†Copelatus chiapas
Hájek et. al., 2025

Copelatus chiapas is an extinct species of Copelatus that lived during the Neogene period.

Distribution

Copelatus chiapas fossils were found in Mexican amber dating back to the Miocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hájek, Jiří; Zippel, Ana; Müller, Patrick; Pankowski, Maximilian G.; Hendrich, Lars; Balke, Michael (11 February 2025). "Copelatus diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from early Miocene Mexican amber, with description of a new species displaying distinct sexual dimorphism". Journal of Paleontology. 98 (5): 830–837. doi:10.1017/jpa.2024.29. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via Cambridge Core.
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