Helophorus discrepans Rey, 1885

Prokin, A. A. & Sazhnev, A. S., 2019, New records of beetles from families Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Hydraenidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North Caucasus, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1), pp. 49-53 : 50

Helophorus discrepans Rey, 1885

Material. NOR: 2 ex., Alagir Distr. , Verkhniy Zgid env., grassy fen, fen pool, 42°52′02″N / 43°57′41″E, 6.05.2016 (A.A. Prokin); 1 ex., Irafskiy Distr., “Chifandzar” Sphagnum peat bog, brook, 42°55′08″N / 43°30′50″E, 17.09.2018 (A.S. Sazhnev). KBR, Chereksky Distr.: 30 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, temporary pool in the depression after peat excavation on the margin of the peat bog, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E, 6.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin); 12 ex., same locality, primary internal lake, 8.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin) .

Distribution. Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia, Transcaucasia, Asian Turkey, Iran, Mongolia [ Fikáček et al., 2015a]. In the North Caucasus the species is recorded from Adygea [ Prokin, Shapovalov, 2010]. The first records for North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.