TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLARCTIC DIVING BEETLE LACCOPHILUS-BIGUTTATUS KIRBY (COLEOPTERA, DYTISCIDAE)

Authors
ROUGHLEY RE NILSSON AN
Citation
Re. Roughley et An. Nilsson, TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLARCTIC DIVING BEETLE LACCOPHILUS-BIGUTTATUS KIRBY (COLEOPTERA, DYTISCIDAE), Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 102(1), 1994, pp. 91-101
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the New York Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00287199
Volume
102
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
91 - 101
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-7199(1994)102:1<91:TADOTH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Several authors suggest that the Palearctic Laccophilus minutus (Linne aus 1758) and the Nearctic L. biguttatus Kirby 1837 are synonymous. Ou r investigation confirmed the opinion of other authors that they refer to separate species. However, L. biguttatus is Holarctic and L. stroh mi Thomson 1874 (Halsingland, Sweden) and L. apicicornis Reitter 1899 (northern Mongolia) are junior subjective synonyms (NEW SYNONYMIES). A vailable specimen data suggest that L. biguttatus has two centers of a bundance: western North America and Mongolia + adjacent Russia.