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Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani 1970

Description

Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani, 1970 (Fig. 3)

Material examined: 2♂♂, Narayanpuram (12°51'13.68''N, 78°32'32.28''E), 29.xi.2022, Reg. No. FBRC / ZSI/INS/3493; 1♀, Kottur Thanda (12°53'45.96"N, 78°35'4.92"E), 30.xi.2022, Leg.: J. Deepa & S. Shankar, Reg. No. FBRC /ZSI/INS/3505.

Remarks. Recorded first time from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Distribution: Oriental (India [AP, KA, MH, TN, TS], Sri Lanka, Thailand) (Ghosh & Nilsson, 2012; Sayali et al., 2018; Deepa et al., 2022a).

Notes

Published as part of Shankar, Shiva, Kumar, Devadoss, Deepa, Jaiswal, Madasamy, Karuthapandi, Jadhav, Shrikant & Kunte, Kalyani B., 2023, Aquatic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 449-467 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (3) on page 452, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.9.3.449, http://zenodo.org/record/17022023

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FBRC
Event date
2022-11-29 , 2022-11-30
Verbatim event date
2022-11-29 , 2022-11-30
Scientific name authorship
Vazirani
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Copelatus
Species
mysorensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani, 1970 sec. Shankar, Kumar, Deepa, Madasamy, Jadhav & Kunte, 2023

References

  • Ghosh, S. K. & Nilsson, A. N. (2012) Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Skorvnopparn, Umel, Supplement, 3, 1-77.
  • Sayali, D. S., Hemant, V. G. & Jiri, H. (2018) Copelatus Erichson, 1832 from Maharashtra, India, with description of three new species and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). Zootaxa, 4459 (2), 235-260. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.2
  • Deepa, J., Kumar, D., Shiva, S. & Madasamy, K. (2022 a) Diversity and distribution of aquatic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Kawal Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Species, 23 (71), 277-284.