Calicovatellus

Calicovatellus Temporal range: 20.43–15.97  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Tribe:	Vatellini
Genus:	† Calicovatellus K.B.Miller & Lubkin, 2001 [2]
Type species
†Calicovatellus petrodytes K.B.Miller & Lubkin, 2001

Calicovatellus is an extinct genus of dytiscid beetles in the subfamily of Hydroporinae. As of 2018 ^[update] , only one species is recognized, Calicovatellus petrodytes. It was found in the Barstow Formation in southern California and dates to the Miocene. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "†Calicovatellus Miller and Lubkin 2001 (predaceous diving beetle)". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
2. Miller, Kelly B.; Lubkin, Sara H. (2001). "Calicovatellus petrodytes, a New Genus and Species of Primitive Vatelline Diving Beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Vatellini) from the Miocene Barstow Formation, Southern California, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (4): 890–894. Bibcode:2001JPal...75..890M. doi:10.1017/S0022336000016991. JSTOR   1307008. S2CID   62901288.
3. Miller, Kelly B. (2005). "Revision of the New World and south-east Asian Vatellini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) and phylogenetic analysis of the tribe". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 144 (4): 430. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00180.x .