''Copelatus glyphicus'' 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 Say in 1823.ITIS Report
Copelatus, 112561. ITIS. Retrieved 7 June 2012. Copelatus glyphicus 2

Distribution

''Copelatus glyphicus'' is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States and southern Canada, ranging from

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

south to Florida and west to Minnesota and Texas.

Description

Adults range in length from and with from and have a pale yellowish brown to reddish brown coloration.

References

glyphicus Beetles described in 1823 Taxa named by Thomas Say {{Copelatus-stub