Capelatus

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Capelatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.