NEW FAUNISTIC RECORDS OF HYDROPHILID BEETLES (COLEOPTERA:HYDROPHILOIDEA: HYDROPHILIDAE) FROM EURASIA

Authors

  • S. K. Ryndevich Baranavichy State University, 21 Voikаva Str., 225404 Baranаvichy, the Republic of Belarus Автор

Keywords:

Coleoprtera; Hydrophilidae; new species for fauna; distribution; Eurasia

Abstract

The article considers new faunistic records of 12 species of Hydrophilidae from Europe and Asia. Cercyon
(Cercyon) bifenestratus Küster, 1851, has been recorded for China (Xinjiang) for the first time, C. (C.) cultriformis Wu & Pu, 1995 — for the Palearctic and Sichuan (China), Coelostoma orbiculare Fabricius, 1775 — for Xinjiang (China), Hydrobius rottenbergii Gerhardt, 1872 — for Latvia, Megasternum immaculatum (Stephens, 1829) — for Russia and Siberia, Enochrus (Lumetus) fuscipennis Thomson, 1884 — for Kirghizia. Additional reliable finds are indicated Cercyon (Cercyon) strandi Roubal, 1938, C. (C.) lencoranus Kuwert, 1890, Cercyon (Paracercyon) analis (Paykull, 1798), Enochrus (Lumetus) fuscipennis, Hydrobius rottenbergii, Megasternum concinnum (Marsham, 1802) and M. prometheus Shatrovskiy, 1990, from the territory of Eurasia. Syntype of Cercyon nigriceps Motschulsky, 1863, is designated. Aspects of the morphology and distribution of these species of hydrophilids are presented.

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Published

2017-09-01

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БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ Общая биология