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Issue: Vol. 5632 No. 1: 6 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.2
Page range: 42-50
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Two new species of Oriental Copelatus Erichson, 1832, with additional records of the genus from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095; China.; Department of Entomology; College of Life Sciences; Sun Yat-sen University; Guangzhou 510275; China.
Department of Entomology; National Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9—Horní Počernice; Czech Republic.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095; China.
Department of Entomology; College of Life Sciences; Sun Yat-sen University; Guangzhou 510275; China.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095; China.
Coleoptera Dytiscidae Copelatinae Copelatus oriental Region China Laos new species new records

Abstract

Two new Oriental species of the diving beetle genus Copelatus Erichson, 1832 are described and illustrated: Copelatus liwu sp. nov. from Hainan, China, and C. nakai sp. nov. from Laos. Both species are characterised with relatively slender habitus, orange basal transverse band on elytra, elytral striation consisting of six discal and one submarginal striae (members of C. irinus species group), but predominantly with the distinctive shape of male genitalia. New records from China are provided for the following species: Copelatus dentatipenis Jiang, Hájek & Jia, 2022 from Hubei and Shaanxi, C. japonicus Sharp, 1884 from Hubei, and C. tenebrosus Régimbart, 1880 from Hong Kong.

 

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How to Cite

Jiang, Z.-Y., Hájek, J., Zheng, Y.-L., Jia, F.-L. & Wang, B.-X. (2025) Two new species of Oriental Copelatus Erichson, 1832, with additional records of the genus from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). Zootaxa, 5632 (1), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.2