Colymbetes paykulli Erichson

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 : 109-110

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Colymbetes paykulli Erichson

Note.

Colymbetes paykulli is reported from two specimens each collected in Queens and Kings Counties (Table 2).

Habitat.

These beetles are almost entirely restricted to the cold water of Sphagnum bogs. They occur most frequently in small pools with emergent Carex , or along the edges of bog-ring lakes in embayments and beaver runs, often or near the willow zone ( Larson et al. 2000). The two specimens collected in Prince Edward Island were from a Sphagnum bog and a shallow pool covered with vegetation respectively (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

This species is known also from the neighboring Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000).