Copelatus chiapas
| Copelatus chiapas Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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
[edit]Copelatus chiapas fossils were found in Mexican amber dating back to the Miocene.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.