Sternolophus rufipes ( Fabricius, 1792 )
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Sternolophus rufipes ( Fabricius, 1792 ) |
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Sternolophus rufipes ( Fabricius, 1792) View in CoL
Hydrophilus rufipes Fabricius, 1792: 97 View in CoL . Tropisternus mergus Redtenbacher, 1844: 514 View in CoL ; Zaitzev, 1909: 230. Sternolophus fulvipes Motschulsky, 1853: 45 View in CoL ; Knisch, 1924b: 227. Sternolophus rufipes (Fabricius) View in CoL - Zaitzev, 1909: 229; Knisch,
1924b: 227; d’Orchymont, 1927: 252, 1932: 707; Fernando,
1964: 87; Gentili et al., 1995: 214; Hendrich & Yang, 1999:
260; Hansen, 1999: 208, and references therein. Hydrophilus sp. : Yang, 1991: 94.
Material examined. – 26 specimens – Central catchment area - 1 ex., Seletar Reservoir , October 1968 ( ZRC) ; 2 ex., Sime Road , 2 Jan.1969, coll. Koo & Lim ( ZRC) . Sungai Buloh – 23 ex., Sungai Buloh , November and December 1990, coll. C. M. Yang et al. ( ZRC) .
Distribution. – Widespread and common throughout Southeast Asia. In the Palearctic from Northern India, China, South Korea up to Japan ( Gentili et al., 1995; Hansen, 1999). Singapore (as Hydrophilus sp. Yang, 1991).
Ecology. – Sternolophus rufipes is a lentic species living among wet leaf litter, floating vegetation and roots in all kinds of shallow, stagnant or slow-flowing water. In many Southeast Asian countries the species is often attracted in large numbers to light.
SUBFAMILY SPHAERIDIINAE
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Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore |
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Sternolophus rufipes ( Fabricius, 1792 )
Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael 2004 |
Hydrophilus rufipes
Knisch, A 1924: 227 |
Zaitzev, F 1909: 230 |
Zaitzev, F 1909: 229 |
Motschulsky, M 1853: 45 |
Redtenbacher, L 1844: 514 |
Fabricius, J 1792: 97 |