Capelatus

Capelatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Tribe: Copelatini
Genus: Capelatus
Species:
C. prykei
Binomial name
Capelatus prykei
Turner & Bilton, 2015

Capelatus is a monotypic genus of diving beetle found on the Cape Peninsula, close to Cape Town, South Africa.[1]

The beetle's sole accepted species, Capelatus prykei, has no close relatives in Africa south of the Sahara, instead being related to beetles found in the Palaearctic and Australasia.

References

  1. ^ "New Species of Beetle Found Living in Africa". University of Plymouth Press Office. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.


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