''Copelatus chevrolati'' is a species of

diving beetle The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a Family (biology), family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a ...

. It is part of the genus ''

Copelatus ''Copelatus'' is a large genus of small diving beetles. There are some 470 described species in the genus, found worldwide, but they are most diverse in tropical South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Systematics The genus ''Copelatus'' i ...

'' in the subfamily

Copelatinae Copelatinae is a subfamily of diving beetles, in the family Dytiscidae. The subfamily contains seven genera: '' Agaporomorphus'', ''Aglymbus'', ''Copelatus'', '' Exocelina'', '' Lacconectus'', '' Liopterus'', and '' Madaglymbus''. Of these, th ...

of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Aubé in 1838.ITIS Report
Copelatus, 112561. ITIS. Retrieved 7 June 2012. There are two described subspecies: ''C. c. chevrolati'' and ''C. c. renovatus''. Copelatus chevrolati 4

Distribution

''Copelatus chevrolati'' ranges across the southern and central United States from North Carolina west to California and Texas and Florida north to South Dakota and Michigan, with records from southern Ontario. ''Copelatus chevrolati renovatus'' is the western subspecies, whereas ''C. c. chevrolati'' is the eastern subspecies.

Description

Adults range in length from and width from and range in color from pale reddish brown to a darker reddish brown. They are distinguished from other North American ''Copelatus'' species by having 8 or 9 discal striae.

References

chevrolati Beetles described in 1838 Insects of the United States Insects of Canada Taxa named by Charles Nicholas Aubé {{Copelatus-stub