Agabus bifarius (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 : 108-109

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Agabus bifarius (Kirby)

Note.

This species is reported from four specimens collected in Kings (3) and Prince Counties (1) (Table 2).

Habitat.

Agabus bifarius occurs amongst emergent grasses and sedges at the margin of a variety of lentic habitats, but it is especially characteristic of the margins of shallow, exposed, vernal ponds ( Larson et al. 2000), which is essentially the type of habitats where it was found in Prince Edward Island (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

This species is also known from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000).