Agabus semipunctatus (Kirby)

Alarie, Yves, 2016, Further contributions to the Hydradephaga (Coleoptera, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae and Dytiscidae) fauna of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records, distributions and faunal composition, ZooKeys 600, pp. 103-129 : 109

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Agabus semipunctatus (Kirby)

Note.

Agabus semipunctatus is reported from nine specimens from six localities of Kings and Prince Counties (Table 2).

Habitat.

Agabus semipunctatus most often occurs in Sphagnum bogs but can also be collected regularly from Carex -choked waters ( Larson et al. 2000). In Prince Edward Island, this species was essentially found in similar type of habitats (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

This species is also known from the neighboring Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000) and the Magdalen Islands ( Alarie 2009).