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Copelatus bengalensis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5168389 ↗
Source-derived summary

Copelatus bengalensis is a species of diving beetle, and is part of the genus Copelatus in the subfamily Copelatinae of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Félix Guignot in 1955.

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“Copelatus bengalensis” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Copelatus, bengalensis and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Copelatus, bengalensis and species.
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“Copelatus bengalensis” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Copelatus, bengalensis and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5168389. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1955.

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This entry incorporates text from “Copelatus bengalensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.