Canthydrus laetabilis ( WALKER 1858)

Ewalka, Pešić, V. & Darvishzadeh, I., 2012, Faunistic notes on some Hydradephaga from the Khuzestan, Hormozgan and Sistan & Baluchestan provinces in Iran, with descriptive notes on the female of Glareadessus franzi WEWALKA & BISTRÖM 1998 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Noteridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1057-1070 : 1062

Canthydrus laetabilis ( WALKER 1858)

Hydroporus laetabilis WALKER 1858: 205 (original description).

Canthydrus laetabilis ( WALKER 1858) : SHARP 1882: 277; RÉGIMBART 1899: 250; ZIMMERMANN 1920: 11; VAZIRANI 1977: 6; TOLEDO 2008: 65; GHOSH et al. 2011: 9; NILSSON 2012 (distribution).

This member of the family Noteridae was described by WALKER (1858: 205) from Ceylon ( Sri Lanka) in the dytiscid genus Hydroporus CLAIRVILLE 1806 . So far it was only know from the Oriental zoogeographic region ( Bangladesh, India, Myanmar) and from India (Uttar Pradesh), Nepal and Pakistan in the Palearctic ( NILSSON 2012). GHOSH et al. (2011: 9) gave also " Congo ", this is, however, no doubt a mistake.

Two males and two females were found in the same pool ( Fig. 22 ) as Laccophilus sharpi and L. flexuosus , together with several Hydroglyphus angularis (see above) ( Fig. 23; asterisk). To our knowledge a photo of the habitus of this species has never been provided before ( Fig. 15 ).

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Figures

Figs 19-22: Collecting sites of Glareadessus franzi: (19) and (20) river at Rudan (Hormozgan provinz), (21) river at Banglayan (Hormozgan provinz); of Laccophilus flexuosus and Canthydrus laetabilis: (22) pond at Guerduig (Sistan & Baluchestan province).

Figs 13-15: Habitus of (13) Hyphoporus solieri, (14) Hygrotus orthogrammus, (15) Canthydrus laetabilis.