Laccophilus parvulus parvulus Aubé, 1838

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 117

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13245192

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scientific name

Laccophilus parvulus parvulus Aubé, 1838
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Laccophilus parvulus parvulus Aubé, 1838 View in CoL

Laccophilus parvulus Aubé, 1838: 429 View in CoL ; Fernando, 1961: 23; 1964: 87; Yano et al., 1983b: 109; Brancucci, 1983: 355, and references therein; Nilsson, 2001: 248.

Material examined. – 4 specimens - 1 ex., « Singapour », in coll. Bonvouloir, MNHN ( Brancucci, 1983). Not seen. Central catchment area - 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , transect “D”, 15 May.1992, NS 4a, coll. C. M. Yang et al. ( ZRC) . Sungai Buloh - 1 ex., Nature Park , mud pool, 15 Nov.1990, y 707c, coll. K. L. Yeo et al. ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., 16 Jan.1991, Sungai Buloh, 34 E, coll. K. L. Yeo et al. ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia [Sunda Islands], Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka ( Brancucci, 1983).

Ecology. – The species inhabits different kinds of standing waters in open areas, such as muddy pools, swamps, ponds, paddy fields and ditches. The species is often attracted to light ( Fernando, 1961; Yano et al., 1983b, Hendrich & Balke, 1995).

Aube, C., 1838. Hydrocanthares et Gyriniens. In: Dejean, A. P. (ed.), Species general des Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Vol. 6 - Paris, XVI + 804 pp.

Brancucci, M., 1983. Revision des especes est-palearctiques, orientales et australiennes du genre Laccophilus (Col. Dytiscidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey, 31 / 32: 241 - 426.

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.

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

Yano, K., Y. I. Chu, P. W. Resma, & M. Sato, 1983 b. Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. XII. Aquatic Coleoptera from Taiwan and the Philippines. Chinese Journal of Entomology, 3 (2): 103 - 118.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Laccophilus