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Gyrinus (Gyrinus) caspius Menetries 1832

Description

Gyrinus (Gyrinus) caspius Ménetries, 1832

Gyrinus elongatus Aubé, 1838.

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Atamehr 2002; Atamehr et al. 2004), Golestan (Ochs 1953), Guilan (Bodemeyer 1927; Guéorguiev 1965c; Kamali 2008), Mazandaran (Ochs 1953; Legros 1972).

General distribution. Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Central and South European Territory), Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, former Yugoslavia (Mazzoldi 2003), Iran (Guéorguiev 1981; Mazzoldi 2003; Shaverdo 2003; Darilmaz & Kiyak 2006; Kiyak et al. 2006).

Comments. Puddles and slowly flowing streams; fresh and brackish water (Kiyak et al. 2006). Bodemeyer (1927) reports this species from a brooklet in the Elbruz Mountains.

Notes

Published as part of Van Vondel, Bernhard J., Ostovan, Hadi & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 225-246 in Zootaxa 4216 (3) on page 230, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.231790

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Gyrinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Menetries
Species
caspius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gyrinus (Gyrinus) caspius Menetries, 1832 sec. Vondel, Ostovan & Ghahari, 2017

References

  • Atamehr, A. (2002) A faunistical study of aquatic Coleoptera in Tabriz region, Iran and bioecological study on richness species. Ph. D. thesis, Islamic Azad University, 194 pp.
  • Atamehr, A., Kamali, K. & Ostovan, H. (2004) Fauna of aquatic beetles in Tabriz region. Proceedings of 16 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 123 pp.
  • Ochs, G. (1953) Ergebnisse der Osterreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949 / 50: Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 162, 217 - 225.
  • Bodemeyer, B. von. (1927) Ueber meine entomologischen Reisen nach Kleinasien (1911), Ost-Sibirien, Schilka und Amur (1912), Tunis, Oasis Gafsa, Khroumerie (1913) und Iran, Elbursgebirge (1914). Vol. 1. Kleinasien. Stuttgart: A. Kernen, 85 pp.
  • Gueorguiev, V. B. (1965 c) Sur la faune des coleopteres hydrocanthares d'Iran. Bulletin de l'Institut de Zoologie et Musee, Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 19, 101 - 117.
  • Kamali, E. (2008) Identification of aquatic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) and family biotic index in Astara Rivers, Gilan province, Iran. Ph. D thesis, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, 154 pp.
  • Legros, C. (1972) Contribution a la faune de l'Iran. 23. Coleopteres Hydrocanthares. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (N. S.), 8 (3), 573 - 578.
  • Mazzoldi, P. (2003) Family Gyrinidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Stenstrup, Denmark (Apollo Books), pp. 26 - 30. [819 pp.]
  • Gueorguiev, V. B. (1981) Resultat de L'expedition zoologique du musee national de Prague en Turquie Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 40, 399 - 424.
  • Shaverdo, H. V. (2003) Adephagous water beetles of Armenia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 73, 31 - 42.