Helochares anchoralis Sharp, 1890

Yang, Zhenming, Jia, Fenglong, Tang, Yudan & Jiang, Lu, 2021, Two new species of Helochares, with additional faunistic records from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae), ZooKeys 1078, pp. 57-83 : 57

Helochares anchoralis Sharp, 1890

Figs 37 , 44 , 63 , 64

Helochares anchoralis Sharp, 1890: 352. - Sri Lanka [Colombo].

Material examined.

Jiangxi: 1 female, Nanchang. Guangdong: 3 spec., Henan , 24.v.1957, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 1 spec., Henan , Fenghuang, 25.xi.1957 ; 2 spec., Guangzhou , Lianxian, vi.1945, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 2 spec., Dinghu , 10.v.1994, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 2 sepc., Sun Yat-sen University campus, 15.iv.1958 .; 1 spec., Guangzhou , viii.1938, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 1 spec., Shaoguan , Yingde, 4.viii.1962, Ping Lin leg. ; 1 spec., Shenzhen , Neilingding, 3.vii.1998, Haidong Chen leg. ; 1 female, Shenzhen , Paiyashan, 17.v.2012, Fenglong Jia and Junlei Liao leg. ; 1 spec., Zhuhai , Hengqin Island, 10.vii.2006, Fenglong Jia leg. Guangxi : 10 spec., Yangshuo , 1985, Shoujian Chen leg. ; 7 spec., Guangxi , Nanning, 19.vi.1977, Zhihe Huang leg. ; 2 spec., Nanning , vi.1958, Zhelong Pu leg. Hainan : 3 spec., Sanya , 24.xii.1963, Tongxu Peng leg. ; 1 male, Lingshui , Diaoluoshan, 29.xii.1963, Zhenda Lin leg. ; 1 female, Hainan , 19.XII.1963, Tongxu Peng leg. Chongqing : 1 spec., Chongqing , 8.iii.1942, Xiangzhi Chen leg. Yunnan : 3 spec., Jingdong , 1200m, 9.v.1957, A. Mengqiaciji leg. ; 4 spec., Xiaomengyang , 850m, 4.v.1957, Qiuzhen Liang leg. ; 1 female, Cheli , 500m, 7.iv.1955, Keleirangnuofusiji leg. ; 1 female, Pohui , 2.ix.1939, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 1 female, Jinping , Mengla, 370m, 22.iv.1956, Keren Huang leg. ; 1 female, Hekou , 8.vii.1977, Zhihe Huang leg.

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan. New for Chongqing, Jiangxi and Guangxi.

Habitat.

This species occurs in mud with aquatic grass at the edge of pool. It can occasionally be collected by light trap.

Figures

Figures 37 - 40. Habitus of Helochares spp. 37 H. anchoralis Sharp (dorsal) 38 H. hainanensis Dong & Bian (ventral) 39 H. negatus Hebauer (ventral) 40 H. minusculus d'Orchymont, (ventral).

Figures 41 - 44. Habitus of Helochares spp 41 H. sauteri d'Orchymont (ventral) 42 H. lentus Sharp (ventral) 43 H. neglectus (Hope) (ventral) 44 H. anchoralis Sharp (ventral).

Figures 61 - 64. Aedeagi of Helochares spp 61 - 62 H. neglectus (Hope) 61 dorsal 62 lateral 63 - 64 H. anchoralis Sharp 63 dorsal 64 lateral.