Capelatus
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| Capelatus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Tribe: | Copelatini |
| Genus: | Capelatus |
| Species: | C. prykei
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| Binomial name | |
| Capelatus prykei Turner & Bilton, 2015
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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
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External links
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