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Taxonomic review of the genus Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Korea
Author(s) -
PARK Hae Chul,
LEE Young Bo,
LEE Hee A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00134.x
Subject(s) - dytiscidae , aedeagus , biology , zoology , genus , taxonomy (biology) , dorsum , ecology , anatomy
A taxonomic review of the genus Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Korea is presented. In the present study, five species of Copelatus are recognized from Korea, including one unrecorded species, C. kammuriensis . We provide a key to the Korean species of Copelatus , diagnosis of one unrecorded species, habitus photographs, scanning electron micrographs of the elytron, and illustrations of the aedeagus.