Sternocanthus fabiennae (Bameul, 1994)

Ramahandrison, Andriamirado Tahina, Rakouth, Bakolimalala & Manuel, Michael, 2022, The aquatic Adephaga of the Makay, central-western Madagascar, with description of two new diving beetle species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1127, pp. 1-60 : 1

Sternocanthus fabiennae (Bameul, 1994)

Type locality.

Madagascar, Mahajanga, Ambohimanatrika.

Material examined.

3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: MAK-19; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: MAK-41.

Distribution.

Madagascar ( Bameul 1994; Nilsson 2011); distribution within the island poorly known.

Habitat in study area.

This species was collected at two peripheral sites in lentic habitats in areas with intense anthropogenic pressure: large puddle, with water slowly flowing and with abundant rice straw debris, on a dirty road between two rice fields; and puddle on the sandy banks of the Mangoky River.