Copelatus guadelupensis Legros 1948: 105
Copelatus insulanus Guignot 1939: 246
Copelatus posticatus (Fabricius) 1801: 268
Dytiscus
Mexico
America
Copelatus insulanus Guignot
Copelatus posticatus
The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions
Peck, Stewart B.
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-02-12
2016
460
1
360
JD9
Branden
1885
[192,584,195,219]
Insecta
Dytiscidae
Animalia
Coleoptera
51
46
Arthropoda
subFamily
Copelatinae
Copelatus guadelupensisLegros 1948: 105; Nilsson 2001: 60. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Copelatus insulanusGuignot 1939: 246; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 77; Legros 1948: 106; Nilsson 2001: 61. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Copelatus posticatus(Fabricius) 1801: 268( Dytiscus); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 371; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 78; Nilsson 2001: 62; Bass 2003: 279, 2004: 28, 2006b: 33; Ivieet al. 2008b: 238. Distribution. Antigua*, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique*, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexicoto Panamato Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil; widespread Antillesand Latin America. Notes. Genitalia of the Lesser Antilles specimens (CMNC) match the figures of Copelatus insulanusGuignotgiven by Legros (1948: 106) so that species could be a synonym of Copelatus posticatus.
Copelatus vitraciLegros 1948: 104; Nilsson 2001: 64. = Copelatus glyphicus(Say) 1823a: 99( Colymbetes); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 371; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 77; Larson et al. 2000: 51; Nilsson 2001: 60 (recordsof Cuba, of Guadeloupe). Distribution. Antigua*, Canouan*, Grenada*, Guadeloupe ( typelocality), Martinique*, Mayreau*, Mustique, Nevis*, Union*; Lesser Antillesendemic? Note.Epler (2010: 5. 45) notes that Copelatus glyphicus(Say)is a more northern species, and genitalic illustrations of it do not match the Lesser Antilles specimens. The new records reported here match genitalic figures of Copelatus vitraciin Legros 1948: 106. Plate 2.