Haliplus (Liaphlus) mucronatus Stephens, 1828

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), Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 225-246 : 235

Haliplus (Liaphlus) mucronatus Stephens, 1828

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2011).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia (North European Territory) , Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005, 2013), Montenegro ( Vondel 2013), Iran ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2011).

Comments. Living in fresh or brackish water, particularly in clay and gravel pits with Characeans ( Vondel 1997).