Copelatus sp.

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 828

Copelatus sp.

At least 13 species are reported from the Caribbean ( Leng and Mutchler 1914, 1917; Young 1953; Peck 2016; Megna et al. 2018), but this extremely large genus (480+ species) is in great need of revision, so we are not assigning species to the material we found at this time ( Miller and Bergsten 2016). Several species have narrow distributions and are considered island-specific endemics in Cuba and Guadeloupe ( Peck 2016; Megna et al. 2018). We found specimens in Flamboyan and Mahogany Run ghuts, and in pools at Magens Beach.