Austrolimnius formosus (Sharp, 1882)

Luna-Luna, Alba Magali, Martins, Caleb Califre, Lopez-Perez, Andres, Ramirez-Ponce, Andres & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 301-338 : 301

Austrolimnius formosus (Sharp, 1882)

Distribution.

Mexico (Chiapas, Morelos, Guerrero), Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina ( Sharp 1882; Hinton 1940b, 1941, 1971; Blackwelder 1944; Shepard 2004; Manzo 2007; Passos et al. 2009; Manzo and Archangelsky 2012; Miranda et al. 2012; González-Córdoba et al. 2016, 2020). Previous altitudinal records of A. formosus are from 600 m and 2,438 m ( Hinton 1940b). In this study, the species was present in all sampled levels (670-1,776 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs, throughout the sampling period (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy season).