Biology:Capelatus prykei
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Genus: | Capelatus Turner & Bilton, 2015
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| Species: | C. prykei
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Capelatus prykei is a species of diving beetle found on the 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.
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q20087640 entry
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