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Gyrinus affinis Aube 1838

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • 2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver ,, Canada

Description

Gyrinus affinis Aubé, 1838

Gyrinus affinis was recorded from New Brunswick by Oygur and Wolfe (1991), Nova Scotia by Oygur and Wolfe (1991) and Roughley (1991), and Prince Edward Island by Majka (2008). It is one of the most abundant and widely distributed species in the region (Fig. 8). Oygur and Wolfe (1991) recorded the species from streams and lakes while Morrissette (1979) reported it from stagnant water. It is found in both lotic (41%) and lentic (59%) habitats (Oygur and Wolfe 1991).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Kenner, Rex, 2009, The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition, pp. 355-372 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on page 361, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.216, http://zenodo.org/record/576544

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Biodiversity

Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Gyrinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Aube
Species
affinis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gyrinus affinis Aube, 1838 sec. Majka & Kenner, 2009

References

  • Oygur S, Wolfe GW (1991) Classification, distribution and phylogeny of North American (north of Mexico) species of Gyrinus Muller (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 207: 1 - 97.
  • Roughley RE (1991) Family Gyrinidae: Whirligig Beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Ontario: Agriculture Canada, publication 1861 / E: pp. 72 - 673. http: // www. canacoll. org / Coleo / Checklist / PDF files / GYRINIDAE. pdf [accessed 29 June 2009]
  • Majka CG (2008) The aquatic Coleoptera of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records and faunal composition. In: Majka CG, Klimaszewski J (Eds) Biodiversity, Biosystematics, and Ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys 2: 239 - 260. http: // pensoftonline. net / zookeys / index. php / journal / article / viewFile / 25 / 37 [accessed 29 June 2009]
  • Morrissette R (1979) Les coleopteres Gyrinidae du Quebec. Cordulia, Supplement 8: 1 - 43.