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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. Copelatus are often black or brown in color, many species of Copelatus possessing visible longitudinal furrows down the dorsal side of the wings of both sexes.

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Drototelus is a genus of longhorn beetle that is endemic to New Zealand. It was first named in 1903 by T. Broun who proposed it for the species Drototelus politus. There are currently three species within the genus: D. politus, D. elegans, and D. rarus. Only 18 specimens currently exist in collections, with minimal observations in the wild.

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thumb|Tachyporus, Size: about 4 mm thumb|Tachyporus Tachyporus is a genus of rove beetle in the tribe Tachyporini. It is the type genus of both the tribe Tachyporini and the subfamily Tachyporinae.

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Chalcolampra is a genus of leaf beetles (insects contained in the family Chrysomelidae). These beetles are widespread from Southeast Asia to Australia and New Zealand, but most common in the southeast of Australia. There are approximately 25 Australian species within this genus. There are also 13 species described from New Zealand, with up to an additional 20 undescribed species from the South Island.

Exeiratus is a genus of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae. The genus was first described by Thomas Broun in 1914, who named Exeiratus setarius as the type species.

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Rhynchodes is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. They are restricted to New Zealand and New Caledonia.

Scopodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae and is found in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, New Caledonia, and Papua New Guinea.

Philophlaeus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found in Australia and New Zealand. The genus contains the following species:

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