Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga
Superfamilia: Dytiscoidea
Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genera: Agaporomorphus - Aglymbus - Copelatus - Exocelina - Lacconectus - Liopterus - Madaglymbus
[list of genera after Michat & Torres (2009: 310)]
Name
Copelatinae Van den Branden, 1885
Type genus
* Copelatus Erichson, 1832
References
* Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Vogler, A.P. 2004: MtDNA phylogeny and biogeography of Copelatinae, a highly diverse group of tropical diving beetles (Dytiscidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 32: 866–880. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.014
* Michat, M.C.; Torres, P.L.M. 2009: A preliminary study on the phylogenetic relationships of Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) based on larval chaetotaxy and morphology. Hydrobiologia, 632: 309-327. doi: 10.1007/s10750-009-9853-2
* Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34.
