Hydrovatus jaechi Biström, 1996

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 114

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244881

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13245144

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scientific name

Hydrovatus jaechi Biström, 1996
status

 

Hydrovatus jaechi Biström, 1996 View in CoL

Hydrovatus jaechi Biström, 1996: 543 View in CoL ; Nilsson, 2001: 191.

Material examined. – 15 specimens - Central catchment area - 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 19 Sep.1991, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) ; 9 ex., idem, 26 Aug.1992, y 840, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) ; 4 ex., idem, blacklight, 22 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH) . Bukit Timah - 1 ex., Nature Reserve , 13 Dec.1995, coll. T. Wong, H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – Indonesia: Siberut ( Biström, 1996). First record for the Malaysian Peninsula and Singapore!

Ecology. – The species inhabits shallow, muddy water of open or semi-shaded freshwater swamps. The habitat is rich in rotten leaves and dense submerged vegetation. Hydrovatus jaechi was also collected at light at the edge of a freshwater swamp.

Bistrom, O., 1996. Taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entomologica Basiliensia, 19: 57 - 584.

Nilsson, A. N., 2001. Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). In: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 3. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 395 pp.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Hydrovatus