Gyrinus minutus Fabricius, 1798

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Gyrinus minutus Fabricius, 1798

Gyrinus minutus Fabricius, 1798: 65 .

Gyrinus kirbii Marsham, 1802: 100 .

Gyrinus ohbayashii Satô, 1985: 51 .

Material examined

CHINA – Guangdong • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; 广东珠海横琴岛 [Guangdong, Zhuhai, Hengqin Island ]; 12 Jul. 2005; 贾粤采 [Jia Yue leg.]; SYSU . – Inner Mongolia • 4 ♀♀; China, Nei Mongol, Hulunbeier, Huihe ; 25 Jul. 2013; Shi Li, Jin Chunyun and De chaoqun leg.; SYSU • 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; 中国内蒙古呼伦贝尔 中蒙边境国门外 [China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeier, near the border of China and Mongolia ]; 29 Aug. 2014; 贾凤龙采 [Fenglong Jia leg.]; SYSU • 1 ♀; Inner Mongolia, Hanma Management Centre , a stream by monitoring station; 30 Jul. 2014; Shi Li, Zhu Lixuan, Gao Xuefeng and Chen chao leg.; SYSU • 1 ♀; 内蒙古海拉尔市 [Inner Mongolia, Hailaer City ]; 23–26 Jul. 2003; 采集人: 贾凤龙 [Jia Fenglong leg.]; SYSU .

Distribution

Widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region. Known from Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang in China. New for Guangdong and Inner Mongolia.

Remarks

As it is a typical northern species, the occurrence of this species from Guangdong, such a southern province is quite questionable. However, the material we examined did not differ from material from the northern provinces of China. Although it is possible that the four specimens from Guangdong were wrongly labelled, we have treated the material from Guangdong as G. minutus here.