Capelatus prykei
| Capelatus prykei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Copelatinae |
| Genus: | Capelatus Turner & Bilton, 2015 |
| Species: | C. prykei |
| Binomial name | |
| Capelatus prykei Turner & Bilton, 2015 | |
Capelatus prykei is a species of diving beetle found on tha Cape Peninsula, close to Cape Town, South Africa.[1]
The beetle has no close relatives in Africa south of the Sahara, instead being related to beetles found in the Palaearctic and Australasia. It has been placed in a genus of its own.
References
- ↑ "New Species of Beetle Found Living in Africa". University of Plymouth Press Office. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
External links
- Capelatus prykei gen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) – a phylogenetically isolated diving beetle from the Western Cape of South Africa Systematic Entomology Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue) published online: 9 APR 2015 doi:10.1111/syen.12128 Pdf
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