''Copelatus vagatus'' 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 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 ...

in the family Dytiscidae. It was described by

Félix Guignot Félix Guignot was French a physician and entomologist, born 16 November 1882 in Avignon, France. After studying medicine at the University of Montpellier he established a private practice in his hometown of Avignon. He practiced family medicin ...

in 1952.Copelatus
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Report. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

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