''Coptodera'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm and pronotum is generally wider than long. Many of them present patches or spots of different colours on the elytra. A single fossil species of this genus has been described: ''Coptodera elektra'', from Europe's Eocene, was described in 2015 from a single piece of Baltic amber. It contains the following species: * '' Coptodera acutipennis'' (Buquet, 1835) (Mexico, Central and South America) * '' Coptodera aeneorufa'' Bates, 1869 (South America) * ''

Coptodera aerata ''Coptodera aerata'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' Dejean, 1825 (North America) * '' Coptodera alluaudi'' (Jeannel, 1949) (Madagascar) * '' Coptodera alticola'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * '' Coptodera amoenula'' Boheman, 1848 (Africa) * ''

Coptodera andrewesi ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Jedlicka, 1934 (Philippines) * '' Coptodera apicalis'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Colombia and Ecuador) * '' Coptodera aurata'' Chevrolat, 1835 (Guatemala and Mexico) * ''

Coptodera australis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Australia) * ''

Coptodera banjaran ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2014 (Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera banjaranensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera basilewskyi ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Hansen, 1968) (Africa) * ''

Coptodera bastai ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Baehr, 2014 (Indonesia) * ''

Coptodera baumi ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Jedlicka, 1955 (Malaysia) * '' Coptodera bifasciata'' Putzeys, 1845 (South America) * ''

Coptodera braziliensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Brazil) * ''

Coptodera brunnea ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (North and Central America) * ''

Coptodera catalai ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Jeannel, 1949) (Madagascar) * ''

Coptodera cechovskyi ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2010 (Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera chalcites ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Bates, 1869 (Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru) * ''

Coptodera championi ''Coptodera championi'' is a ground beetle in the subfamily Lebiinae. It is known from Colombia, Panama, and Nicaragua. Description Males measure and females in body length. The head and pronotum are metallic green. The elytra An elytron ...

'' Bates, 1883 (Colombia, Nicaragua, and Panama) * ''

Coptodera chaudoiri ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Andrewes, 1919 (Asia,

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Coptodera confusa ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Hansen, 1968) (Africa) * ''

Coptodera congoana ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Burgeon, 1937 (Africa) * '' Coptodera congoensis'' Burgeon, 1937 (Africa) * ''

Coptodera consobrina ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Hansen, 1968) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''

Coptodera crockerensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2014 (Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia) * '' Coptodera cupreotincta'' Bates, 1869 (Central and South America) * ''

Coptodera cyanella ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Bates, 1869 (Borneo, Indonesia, and New Guinea) * '' Coptodera dromioides'' (Bates, 1869) (South America) * '' Coptodera elongata'' Putzeys, 1845 (Mexico, Central and South America) * '' Coptodera eluta'' Andrewes, 1923 (Indomalaya, temperate Asia) * '' Coptodera emarginata'' Dejean, 1825 (Brazil) * ''

Coptodera equestris ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Boheman, 1848 (Africa) * '' Coptodera erwini'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Peru) * '' Coptodera esakii'' (Nakane, 1956) (Japan) * '' Coptodera farai'' Jedlicka, 1964 (China) * ''

Coptodera fasciata ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Boheman, 1848 (South Africa) * ''

Coptodera fasciolata ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1887) (Australia) * '' Coptodera festiva'' Dejean, 1825 (North, Central, and South America) * '' Coptodera flavipes'' Louwerens, 1953 (Indonesia) * '' Coptodera flexuosa'' Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (Indomalaya and temperate Asia) * '' Coptodera foveolata'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Mexico) * '' Coptodera fulminans'' (Bates, 1869) (Brazil) * '' Coptodera grossa'' Darlington, 1968 (New Guinea) * ''

Coptodera hieroglyphica ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Fauvel, 1882 (New Caledonia) * '' Coptodera hova'' Alluaud, 1936 (Madagascar) * '' Coptodera immaculata'' (Mateu, 1970) (Madagascar) * '' Coptodera impicta'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Indonesia) * ''

Coptodera indica ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Kirschenhofer, 2010) (India) * '' Coptodera interrupta'' Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (Asia) * ''

Coptodera intrusa ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Hansen, 1968 (Africa) * '' Coptodera japonica'' Bates, 1883 (temperate Asia) * '' Coptodera jimnae'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * ''

Coptodera johorensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2010 (Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera kelabitensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia) * '' Coptodera lamingtonensis'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * ''

Coptodera laticollis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) (Africa) * '' Coptodera legorskyi'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (India) * ''

Coptodera levrati ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Montrouzier, 1864) (New Caledonia) * '' Coptodera lineata'' (Bates, 1883) (Mexico, Central and South America) * '' Coptodera lineatocollis'' Burgeon, 1937 (Africa) * '' Coptodera lineolata'' Bates, 1869 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Coptodera luzonensis'' Jedlicka, 1934 (Philippines) * ''

Coptodera maculata ''Coptodera maculata'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Lebiinae. It is endemic to Taiwan. Description ''Coptodera maculata'' measure in body length. The head and clypeus are brunneous to rufo-piceous. The pronotum is rufo-piceous ...

'' Dupuis, 1912 (Taiwan and temperate Asia) * '' Coptodera maculosa'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (Sri Lanka) * '' Coptodera marginata'' Dupuis, 1912 (Japan, Taiwan, and temperate Asia) * ''

Coptodera mastersii ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1871) (Australia) * '' Coptodera maynei'' Burgeon, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Coptodera megalops'' Bates, 1869 (South America) * ''

Coptodera mersingensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2010 (Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera monteithi ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * ''

Coptodera montisferrei ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * '' Coptodera nigrosignata'' (Chaudoir, 1870) (Brazil) * ''

Coptodera nigrostriata ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Reiche, 1843) (Central and South America) * '' Coptodera nigroviridis'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Mexico) * ''

Coptodera nitidipennis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * '' Coptodera nitidula'' (Buquet, 1835) (North, Central, and South America) * '' Coptodera occulta'' Hunting & Yang, 2019 (Taiwan and temperate Asia) * ''

Coptodera ocellata ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Chaudoir, 1870 (India) * '' Coptodera ornatipennis'' Louwerens, 1962 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * '' Coptodera osakana'' (Nakane; Ohkura & Ueno, 1955) (Japan) * ''

Coptodera ovipennis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Louwerens, 1956 (Indonesia) * ''

Coptodera oxyptera ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea) * '' Coptodera pakitza'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Peru) * ''

Coptodera papuella ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Darlington, 1968 (Indonesia and New Guinea) * ''

Coptodera perakensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (Malaysia) * ''

Coptodera phuongensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 1994 (Vietnam) * '' Coptodera picea'' Dejean, 1826 (North, Central, and South America) * ''

Coptodera picta ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia) * '' Coptodera poecila'' Bates, 1883 (Panama) * '' Coptodera proksi'' Jedlicka, 1964 (Taiwan and temperate Asia) * '' Coptodera relucens'' Bates, 1869 (Brazil) * '' Coptodera rufescens'' Buquet, 1835 (Brazil and French Guiana) * ''

Coptodera rugiceps ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Murray, 1857) (Africa) * '' Coptodera sahlbergi'' Chaudoir, 1870 (South America) * '' Coptodera sallei'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Guatemala and Mexico) * ''

Coptodera sapaensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 1994 (Vietnam) * '' Coptodera schaumii'' Chaudoir, 1861 (Central and South America) * '' Coptodera sexguttata'' Horvatovich, 1976 (New Guinea) * '' Coptodera seyrigi'' Alluaud, 1936 (Madagascar) * '' Coptodera shimianensis'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (China) * '' Coptodera sigillata'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Brazil) * ''

Coptodera simillima ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Baehr, 2007 (Australia) * '' Coptodera squiresi'' (Chaudoir, 1870) (Brazil) * '' Coptodera stockwelli'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Panama) * '' Coptodera subapicalis'' Putzeys, 1877 (Japan) * '' Coptodera subapicaloides'' Jedlicka, 1956 (China) * ''

Coptodera subcostata ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Louwerens, 1952 (Indonesia) * '' Coptodera taiwana'' (Nakane, 1956) (Japan, Taiwan, and temperate Asia) * ''

Coptodera tetrastigma ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Southeast Asia) * '' Coptodera teutonica'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Brazil) * '' Coptodera transversa'' (Reiche, 1843) (Mexico, Central and South America) * '' Coptodera triloba'' (Fabricius, 1801) (Africa) * '' Coptodera tripartita'' Chaudoir, 1870 (Brazil) * '' Coptodera tripunctata'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Peru) * ''

Coptodera umbrina ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' (Fairmaire, 1899) (Madagascar) * '' Coptodera undulata'' Perty, 1830 (South America) * ''

Coptodera uttaranchalensis ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Kirschenhofer, 2012 (India) * '' Coptodera versicolor'' Bates, 1869 (South America) * '' Coptodera viridana'' Jedlicka, 1935 (Philippines) * '' Coptodera viridis'' Shpeley & Ball, 1993 (Mexico) * '' Coptodera wau'' Darlington, 1968 (New Guinea) * '' Coptodera waytkowskii'' Liebke, 1951 (Brazil and Peru) * '' Coptodera xanthopleura'' Bates, 1891 (Mexico) * † ''

Coptodera elektra ''Coptodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia. They are small flattened beetles. The body size is usually under 11 mm ...

'' Gamboa & Ortuño, 2015

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