Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890
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Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890 |
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Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890 View in CoL
Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890: 349 View in CoL ; Knisch, 1924b: 166; d’Orchymont, 1927: 246-259; Fernando, 1961: 23; 1964: 87; Wooldridge, 1977: 126; Balke et al., 1999: 326; Hansen, 1999: 110, and references therein.
Material examined. – 37 specimens – Central catchment area - 2 ex., Chestnut Drive , Seletar Forest, 9 Jun.1994, NS 156, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 2 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 9 May.1992, Y 794D, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) . Bukit Timah - 6 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 6 Dec.1995, NS 206, coll. T. Wong & H. K. Lua ( CBH, ZRC) ; 16 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 13 Dec.1995, NS 214, coll. T. Wong & H. K. Lua ( CBH, ZRC) ; 10 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , swamp near fishpond, 9 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH, NMW, ZRC) . Other areas - 1 ex., Bukit Batok Nature Park , former granite quarry pond, 18 Nov.1995, LHK 293, coll. H. K. Lua & Goh S.L. ( ZRC) .
Distribution. – Sri Lanka ( Wooldridge, 1977; Hansen, 1999), West Malaysia ( Fernando, 1964), Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).
Ecology. – A lentic species living in very shallow water at the edge of small, exposed, and well-vegetated pools, puddles and slow-flowing streams and ditches mainly in or nearby forested areas. The puddles in Bukit Timah Reserve were fed by small helocrenes. The species has been recorded under lighted conditions (d’Orchymont, 1927; Fernando, 1961).
Fernando, C. H., 1961. Notes on Aquatic Insects caught at Light in Malaya with a Discussion of their Distribution and Dispersal. Bulletin of the National Museum, Singapore, 32 (1963): 80 - 90.
Fernando, C. H., 1964. Notes on aquatic insects colonizing an isolated pond in Mawai, Johore. Bulletin of the National Museum, Singapore, 30: 19 - 31.
Hansen, M., 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). In: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 416 pp.
Knisch, A., 1924 b. Hydrophilidae. In: Junk, W. & S. Schenkling (eds.), Coleopterorum Catatalogus, Berlin, 79: 1 - 306.
Sharp, D., 1890. On some aquatic Coleoptera from Ceylon. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1890: 339 - 359.
Wooldridge, D. P., 1977. Paracymus of the Oriental Faunal Region. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 50 (1): 119 - 128.
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Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890
Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael 2004 |
Paracymus evanescens
Hansen, M 1999: 110 |
Wooldridge, D 1977: 126 |
Fernando, C 1964: 87 |
Fernando, C 1961: 23 |
Knisch, A 1924: 166 |
Sharp, D 1890: 349 |