Copelatus caelatipennis princeps Young, 1963

Megna, Yoandri S. & Epler, John H., 2012, A review of Copelatus from Cuba, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 383-410 : 390-391

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5331014

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5398796

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scientific name

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps Young, 1963
status

 

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps Young, 1963 View in CoL

( Fig. 26 View Figs )

Copelatus caelatipennis: SCHAEFFER (1908: 17) View in CoL , LENG & MUTCHLER (1918: 87), BLATCHLEY (1919: 313), YOUNG (1954: 107, 1953b: 5).

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps Young, 1963: 59 View in CoL .

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps: SPANGLER (1981: 153) View in CoL , EPLER (1996: 3.33, 2010: 5.45), LARSON et al. (2000: 48), NILSSON (2001: 59), PECK (2005: 44).

Type locality. USA, Florida, Dade Co., Miami River.

Material examined. CUBA: ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD: Punta del Este , 22.v.2006, Y.S. Megna leg., 7 exs. ; Cerro Caudal , 22.v.2006, Y. S. Megna leg., 9 exs. GUANTÁNAMO: Cabacú , 16.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 7 exs., 21.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 3 exs. ; Jobo Dulce , 11.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 3 exs., 18.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 12 exs., 20.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 12 exs. ; La Alegría , 10.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 5 exs., 13.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 9 exs., 15.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 1 ex., 19.ii.2010, R. Correa leg., 12 exs. ; El Yunque , 29.i.2010, R. Correa leg., 1 ex.

Diagnosis. Corresponding to C. caelatipennis angustatus in all diagnostic characters mentioned under that subspecies, but may be separated from it by the short, uniformly distributed strioles on the pronotal disc in both sexes. In addition, females of C. c. princeps often bear short strioles also on the basal third of the elytra.

Ecology. According to YOUNG (1963), C. caelatipennis princeps usually occurs only in clear, unpolluted water in the USA. In Cuba, the species was collected in temporary lentic environments with turbid water and muddy bottom, from lowlands up to 50 m a.s.l.

Distribution. In the USA known from New Jersey and Illinois to Florida and Texas ( LARSON et al. 2000). In Cuba, Copelatus caelatipennis princeps is recorded from both western (Isla de la Juventud) and eastern parts of the country (Guantánamo province) ( Fig. 26 View Figs ). This is the first record of this subspecies from the West Indies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Copelatus

Loc

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps Young, 1963

Megna, Yoandri S. & Epler, John H. 2012
2012
Loc

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps: SPANGLER (1981: 153)

PECK S. B. 2005: 44
NILSSON A. N. 2001: 59
LARSON D. J. & ALARIE Y. & ROUGHLEY R. E. 2000: 48
SPANGLER P. J. 1981: )
1981
Loc

Copelatus caelatipennis princeps

YOUNG F. N. 1963: 59
1963
Loc

Copelatus caelatipennis: SCHAEFFER (1908: 17)

YOUNG F. N. 1954: 107
YOUNG F. N. 1953: 5
BLATCHLEY W. S. 1919: 313
LENG C. W. & MUTCHLER A. J. 1918: 87
SCHAEFFER C. 1908: )
1908
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