Copidita

Copidita Temporal range: 37.2–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Copidita quadrimaculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Oedemeridae
Tribe:	Asclerini
Genus:	Copidita LeConte, 1866 [1]
Species
43 species, including: Copidita biparticollis Pic, 1928 Copidita desecheonis Wolcott, 1950 Copidita kaszabi Pic, 1956 Copidita leveri Pic, 1935 Copidita longissima Pic, 1923 †Copidita miocenicaWickham 1914 [2] Copidita ogloblini Pic, 1930 Copidita punctatithorax Pic, 1927 Copidita quadrimaculata (Motschulsky, 1853) Copidita saigonensis Pic, 1928 Copidita thonalmus Darlington, 1936
Synonyms
Copodita (Pic, 1923)

Copidita is a genus of false blister beetles in the subfamily Oedemerinae. It is an extant genus with at least one fossil species described from the Florissant Eocene of Colorado.

References

1. Leconte 1866: N. Spec. N. Amer. Coleopt., 164.
2. H. F. Wickham. 1914. New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53:423-494

External links

• "Copidita". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• "Copidita". Paleobiology Database .
• Copidita at insectoid.info