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Copelatus taprobanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Copelatus
Species:	C. taprobanicus
Binomial name
Copelatus taprobanicus Wewalka & Vazirani, 1985

Copelatus taprobanicus is a species of diving beetle endemic to Sri Lanka. It is part of the genus Copelatus in the subfamily Copelatinae of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Wewalka & Vazirani in 1985.

Description

This oval, moderately convex beetle has a total body length of about 5 to 8 mm. Head blackish, and clypeus reddish anteriorly. Body punctation is moderate and quite regular. Pronotum blackish with reddish anterior angles. Pronotal punctation less dense and stronger, and irregular. Elytra black with reddish markings located between sixth dorsal stria and lateral margin. Reddish markings are also found in between fifth and sixth stria at the base. Elytral apices are reddish. Elytral punctation is moderate, and dense. Ventrum black whereas head and prothorax reddish and antennae, palpi and legs are reddish brown ventrally.

References

1. Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 31 October 2014, retrieved 30 August 2015
2. "Two New Species of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österr. Entomologen, 36. Jg., 3/4, 1984 (1985. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
3. "Notes on the genera Neptosternus SHARP and Copelatus ERICHSON from Sri Lanka and India with the description of new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 60 19-31 Wien, 199Ö. Retrieved 2021-08-08.

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