Revision of the family Haliplidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in Japan

By

Hayashi, Masakazu
Iwata, Tomofumi
Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1168

Pages

267--294

Subjects

Aquatic beetles , Dytiscoidea , East Asia , Oriental region , Palaearctic region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1168.99302

 

Abstract

The Japanese members of Haliplidae were reviewed and 13 species in two genera are recognized. A new species, Haliplus moriisp. nov. is described from Honshu; it is similar to Haliplus japonicus Sharp, 1873, but belongs to a different subgenus. Haliplus diruptus J. Balfour-Browne, 1946, syn. nov. is treated as a junior synonym of Haliplus kotoshonis Kano & Kamiya, 1931. The records of Haliplus davidi Vondel, 1991 from Japan are regarded as misidentifications of H. kotoshonis. Haliplus basinotatus latiusculus Nakane, 1985, syn. nov. is treated as a junior synonym of H. basinotatus. Haliplus angustifrons Régimbart, 1892 known from south and southeast Asia, is newly recorded from Japan.