Neohydrocoptus bivittis ( Motschulsky, 1859 )

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 108-111

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scientific name	Neohydrocoptus bivittis ( Motschulsky, 1859 )
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Neohydrocoptus bivittis ( Motschulsky, 1859) View in CoL

Hydrocoptus bivittis Motschulsky, 1859: 44 ; Vazirani, 1968: 224. Hydrocoptus (Neohydrocoptus) bivittis Motschulsky : Satô, 1972:

143; Vazirani, 1977: 2; Yano et al. 1983a: 16. Neohydrocoptus bivittis (Motschulsky) View in CoL - Nilsson et al., 1989: 313;

Balke et al., 1999: 325; Hebauer et al., 1999: 337.

Material examined. – 32 specimens - Central catchment area - 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 19. Sept.1991, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 4 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , concrete pond, 7. Sep.1991, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 15 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , Nature Reserve Survey, H.R. light trap 19:30-21:30, 17 Jun.1992, coll. C. M. Yang ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 6 Dec.1996, coll. L. Hendrich ( CBH) ; 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 21 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH) ; 3 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , blacklight trap, 22 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH, ZRC) . Sungai Buloh - 1 ex., Sungai Buloh , 5 Dec.1996, coll. L. Hendrich ( ZRC) . Other areas - 1 ex., Kent Ridge Park Pond , 24 Aug.1993, coll. M. Balke & C. M. Yang ( ZRC) ; 4 ex., MacRitchie Reservoir, Sime Road , ‘H’ stm. pool, 8 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke, L. Hendrich & C. M. Yang ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Botanic Gardens, NIE Ecology Pond , 22 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH) . Distribution. – China [Hainan], India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Singapore ( Vazirani, 1977; Nilsson, 1995; Balke et al., 1999) .

Ecology. – An inhabitant of shallow water of open or semi-shaded primary swamps, artificial ponds (e.g., fish ponds or paddy fields, Yano et al., 1983a), and slowly flowing ditches or streams. The species is also attracted by light.

References

Hebauer, F., L. Hendrich & M. Balke, 1999. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Water Beetle Fauna of a Tropical Freshwater Lake: Tasek Cini, Pahang, West Malaysia (Coleoptera: Hydradephaga, Hydrophiloidea and Staphylinoidea). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 47: 333 - 348.

Motschulsky, M. de, 1859. Insectes des Indes orientales, et de contrees analogues. Entomologie speciale. 2. Etudes Entomologiques Motschulsky, 8: 25 - 118.

Nilsson, A. N., R. E. Roughley & M. Brancucci, 1989. A review of the genus - and family-group names of the family Dytiscidae Leach (Coleoptera). Entomologica scandinavica, 20: 287 - 316.

Sato, M., 1972. Some notes on Dytiscoid-beetles from Vietnam (Coleoptera). Annales historico Naturales Musei Nationales Hungarici (N. S), 64: 143 - 153.

Vazirani, T. G., 1968. Contribution to the study of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera). 2. A review of the subfamilies Noterinae, Laccophilinae, Dytiscinae and Hydroporinae (in part) from India. Oriental Insects, 2 (3 - 4): 221 - 341.

Vazirani, T. G., 1977. Catalogue of Oriental Dytiscidae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 6: ii + 111 pp.

Yano, K., Y. I. Chu & M. Sato, 1983 a. Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. XI. Records on Aquatic Coleoptera from paddy water in the world. Chinese Journal of Entomology, 3 (1): 15 - 31.