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Laccophilus parvulus subsp. parvulus Aube 1838

Description

Laccophilus parvulus parvulus Aubé, 1838

Laccophilus parvulus Aubé, 1838: 429; Fernando, 1961: 23; 1964: 87; Yano et al., 1983b: 109; Brancucci, 1983: 355, and references therein; Nilsson, 2001: 248.

Material examined. – 4 specimens - 1 ex., « Singapour », in coll. Bonvouloir, MNHN (Brancucci, 1983). Not seen. Central catchment area - 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest, transect “D”, 15 May.1992, NS 4a, coll. C. M. Yang et al. (ZRC). Sungai Buloh - 1 ex., Nature Park, mud pool, 15 Nov.1990, y 707c, coll. K. L. Yeo et al. (ZRC); 1 ex., 16 Jan.1991, Sungai Buloh, 34 E, coll. K. L. Yeo et al. (ZRC).

Distribution. – India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia [Sunda Islands], Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka (Brancucci, 1983).

Ecology. – The species inhabits different kinds of standing waters in open areas, such as muddy pools, swamps, ponds, paddy fields and ditches. The species is often attracted to light (Fernando, 1961; Yano et al., 1983b, Hendrich & Balke, 1995).

Notes

Published as part of Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, pp. 97-145 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244881

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZRC
Event date
1990-11-15 , 1991-01-16 , 1992-05-15
Verbatim event date
1990-11-15 , 1991-01-16 , 1992-05-15
Scientific name authorship
Aube
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Laccophilus
Species
parvulus
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Laccophilus parvulus subsp. parvulus Aube, 1838 sec. Hendrich & Balke, 2004

References

  • Aube, C., 1838. Hydrocanthares et Gyriniens. In: Dejean, A. P. (ed.), Species general des Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Vol. 6 - Paris, XVI + 804 pp.
  • Fernando, C. H., 1961. Notes on Aquatic Insects caught at Light in Malaya with a Discussion of their Distribution and Dispersal. Bulletin of the National Museum, Singapore, 32 (1963): 80 - 90.
  • Fernando, C. H., 1964. Notes on aquatic insects colonizing an isolated pond in Mawai, Johore. Bulletin of the National Museum, Singapore, 30: 19 - 31.
  • Yano, K., Y. I. Chu, P. W. Resma, & M. Sato, 1983 b. Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. XII. Aquatic Coleoptera from Taiwan and the Philippines. Chinese Journal of Entomology, 3 (2): 103 - 118.
  • Brancucci, M., 1983. Revision des especes est-palearctiques, orientales et australiennes du genre Laccophilus (Col. Dytiscidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey, 31 / 32: 241 - 426.
  • Nilsson, A. N., 2001. Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). In: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 3. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 395 pp.