Water Beetle Copelatus irregularis Macleay,1871
Fauna Portal species: 11045
Diagnosis
A black beetle with orange markings on the head, lateral margins of the pronotum, and laterally across the base of the elytra.
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2019): Taxonomic revision of Australian Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys. 889: 81 - 152