Hydrocolus paugus (Fall)
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Hydrocolus paugus (Fall) |
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae
Hydrocolus paugus (Fall) View in CoL
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This species is reported from several specimens collected at various localities in each county of the province (Table 2).
Habitat.
These beetles occur among moss or dense emergent vegetation and debris along the margins of small pools, ponds and springs. They occur in peatland as well as in sites where the water surface is shaded and the water is cool ( Larson et al. 2000). Specimens were collected in Prince Edward Island from a variety of lentic and lotic habitats (Table 1).
Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.
This species is known also from the neighboring Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000), and the Magdalen Islands ( Alarie 2009).
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