Copelatus distinctus Aube , 1838

Luna-Luna, Alba Magali, Martins, Caleb Califre, Lopez-Perez, Andres, Ramirez-Ponce, Andres & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 301-338 : 301

Copelatus distinctus Aube, 1838

Distribution.

United States, Mexico (Baja California, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora), Guatemala ( Young 1963; Arce-Pérez and Roughley 1999; Zaragoza-Caballero et al. 2019; Nilsson and Hájek 2020). This species has been recorded from moderate elevations ( Young 1963) and 1,706 m ( Miller and Bergsten 2014), herein it was found at levels 3 (1,126-1,194 m), 4 (1,448-1,619 m), and 5 (1,126-1,776 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates of macrophytes and leaf packs, through all months of sampling (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season); also collected with a bucket light trap.