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Gyrinus fraternus Couper 1865
Creators
- 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver ,, Canada
Description
Gyrinus fraternus Couper, 1865
NEW BRUNSWICK: Kings Co.: Nerepis River, 26.VIII.1987, R.F. Miller, (1, NBM).
Gyrinus fraternus is newly recorded in New Brunswick. It was recorded from Nova Scotia by Roughley (1991) and from Prince Edward Island by Oygur and Wolfe (1991), Roughley (1991), and Majka (2008) (Fig. 9). Morrissette (1979) reported that it preferred clear, fluvial lakes with muddy bottoms. Oygur and Wolfe (1991) reported it from lotic (56%) and lentic (45%) habitats.
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- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.22.216 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576544 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE078258951FF989B2E9B493A0BFF94 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Gyrinidae
- Genus
- Gyrinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Couper
- Species
- fraternus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gyrinus fraternus Couper, 1865 sec. Majka & Kenner, 2009
References
- 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]
- 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.
- 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.