Methles sp. Ma1

Ramahandrison, Andriamirado Tahina, Rakouth, Bakolimalala & Manuel, Michael, 2022, The aquatic Adephaga of the Makay, central-western Madagascar, with description of two new diving beetle species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1127, pp. 1-60 : 1

Methles sp. Ma1

Material examined.

4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: MAK-44C; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: MAK-60.

Note.

The Malagasy species of the genus Methles are in great need of revision, and in the current state of knowledge we cannot assign a name to this species.

Distribution.

Unknown (but not confined to the Makay area).

Habitat in study area.

This species was collected at two inner massif sites in northern Makay, with very different habitat characteristics. One was a blind channel in forest connected to River Sakapaly; this site is the locus typicus of Copelatus malavergnorum sp. nov. (see “Habitat” under description of this species). The other site was an open marsh with vegetated margins ( Cyperaceae and Polygonaceae ), with muddy bottom and water rather turbid, in semi-forested context near the Sakapaly River. Both sites were preserved from anthropogenic disturbance.