First record of the diving beetle Copelatus chevrolati Aubé, 1838 in Cuba (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

By

Megna, Yoandri S.
Balke, Michael
Hendrich, Lars

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-9-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1291--1294

Subjects

aquatic Coleoptera , new record , taxonomy , West Indies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1291

 

Abstract

We present the first distributional record of Copelatus chevrolati Aubé, 1838 from Cuba. Four specimens were collected in a light trap in August 2016 on the Isla de La Juventud. Ten species of Copelatus are now known from Cuba. We present a modified key to the Cuban species of Copelatus.