Haliplus (Nipponiplus) regimbarti Zaitzev, 1908

Hayashi, Masakazu, Iwata, Tomofumi & Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2023, Revision of the family Haliplidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in Japan, ZooKeys 1168, pp. 267-294 : 267

Haliplus (Nipponiplus) regimbarti Zaitzev, 1908

Figs 5 , 18D Japanese name: Taiwan-kogashira-mizumushi

Haliplus brevis Wehncke, 1880: 7. [nec Stephens 1828]

Haliplus regimbarti Zaitzev, 1908: 122. [replacement name for Haliplus brevis Wehncke, 1880]

Haliplus regimbarti : Vondel 1995: 122; Nakajima et al. 2020: 21.

Haliplus (Haliplus) regimbarti : Vondel et al. 2006: 257; Iwata 2016: 100.

Haliplus sauteri Zimmermann, 1924: 130. [synonymized by van Vondel 1995]

Material examined.

Specimens examined in this study are listed in Suppl. material 1.

Measurements

(n = 4). TL 2.87-4.44 (4.02) mm; HW 0.68-0.74 (0.72) mm; CED 0.31-0.34 (0.32) mm; PL 0.65-0.71 (0.68) mm; PW 1.23-1.35 (1.30) mm; EL 2.22-2.35 (2.31) mm; EW 1.76-1.90 (1.85) mm; BT 1.26-1.39 (1.35) mm; HW/CED 2.18-2.34 (2.23); PW/PL 1.84-1.98 (1.92); EL/EW 1.22-1.26 (1.25).

Biology.

This species was collected from a small pond with submerged water plants ( Iwata 2016) and a narrow stream with flourishing water plants flowing beside paddy fields ( Nakajima et al. 2020).

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Japan: Nansei shoto (Yonaguni-jima); Taiwan, south China.

Figures

Figure 5. Haliplus regimbarti A habitus B head C prosternal process D penis E left paramere F right paramere. Scale bars: 1.0 mm A; 0.5 mm (B); 0.25 mm (C); 0.1 mm (D-F).

Figure 18. Distribution maps based on specimens examined A Peltodytes intermedius B Peltodytes sinensis C Haliplus japonicus D Haliplus kamiyai (circle), Haliplus morii (star), Haliplus regimbarti (square) E Haliplus simplex (black circle), Haliplus angustifrons (white circle) F Haliplus basinotatus (black circle), Haliplus kotoshonis (white circle).