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Hydroporus discretus FAIRMAIRE & BRISOUT 1859

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Hydroporus discretus ab. woerndlei ZIMMERMANN 1919

Hydroporus discretus ab. woerndlei ZIMMERMANN 1919: 174 (orig. descr.), ZIMMERMANN 1920: 83, ZIMMERMANN 1931:142, NILSSON 2001: 277.

M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: A u s t r i a: 2, " Tirol [printed], Innsbruck [hw?]", "Hallerau, 8.9.[19]12" [hw?], "Type" [round, light blue-green label, hw Zimmermann], " Samml. A. Zimmermann " [printed], " Paratypus " [red, printed; unauthorised curatorial designation] (ZSM). 2, "Innsbruck" [hw Zimmermann], "Type" [round, light blue-green label, hw Zimmermann], " Samml. A. Zimmermann " [printed], " Paratypus " [red, printed; unauthorised curatorial designation] (ZSM). N o t e s: All four "typical" specimens from the ZSM are rather immature. 1, "Amraser Au, 5.IX.[19]24" [hw Wörndle], "Innsbruck, A. Wörndle " [printed], " Hydroporus discretus ab. Woerndlei Zim." [hw?], "Co-Typus" [red, unauthorised curatorial designation] (NMW). 1 "Amr. Au" [hw Wörndle], "Innsbruck, A. Wörndle " [printed], " Hydroporus discretus a. Woerndlei Zim." [hw?], "a Wörndlei Zim." [hw?], on reverse "piceus Sturm l. c. 66."[printed], "Co-Typus" [red, unauthorised curatorial designation] (NMW). N o t e s: M. Kahlen kindly communicated that the locality "Amraser Au" was once a real "beetle paradise", a river pasture on the left side of the river Inn, east of Innsbruck, in Austria; altitude 565 m, co-ordinates ca. 47.16N 11.26E. Today this locality has been totally destroyed by a highway, a sewage plant, industrial factories, etc. 1, 3, "Welsberg, Ti. [= Tirol], Ganglbauer" [printed], the male with additional " R. Mouchamps det., Hydroporus discretus ab. wörndlei Zimm." [hw Mouchamps in part] (NMW). 1, " Kaernten [= Kärnten, province in Austria], 18 Diener 98 [= collector Diener, 1898]" (CHF).

Descriptive notes: H. discretus ab. woerndlei is a taxon of infrasubspecific rank (cf. article 45.6.2 of the ICZN). The specimens studied have an oval elongate and vaulted habitus which equals that of H. discretus discretus from e. g. France and Germany. Mature specimens have dark brownish elytra, and a black pronotum with its lateral beading sometimes brownish. The base of the elytra is light brown, and some specimens have a rather distinct yellowish brown spot on the shoulders. The aedeagus is similar to that of H. discretus from other regions.

Measurements: TL: 3.0– 3.35 mm, MW: 1.6–1.75 mm; TL/MW: 1.82–1.94.

Notes

Published as part of Fery, H. & Pesic, V., 2006, Hydroporus macedonicus nov. spec., a new member of the Hydroporus planus-group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), pp. 595-604 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1) on page 600, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5433802

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NMW, CHF , ZSM, NMW
Scientific name authorship
FAIRMAIRE & BRISOUT
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Hydroporus
Species
discretus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Hydroporus discretus FAIRMAIRE, 1859 sec. Fery & Pesic, 2006

References

  • ZIMMERMANN A. (1919): Die Schwimmkafer des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums in Berlin-Dahlem. - Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 A (12) (1917): 68 - 249.
  • ZIMMERMANN A. (1920): Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Amphizoidae. - In: SCHENKLING S. (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Vol. 4, pars 71. - W. Junk, Berlin: 1 - 326.
  • ZIMMERMANN A. (1931): Monographie der palaarktischen Dytiscidae, II. Hydroporinae (2. Teil: Die Gattung Hydroporus CLAIRV.). - Koleopterologische Rundschau 17: 97 - 159.
  • NILSSON A. N. (2001): Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). - In: World Catalogue of Insects 3: 1 - 395.