Helochares lentus Sharp, 1890

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 127

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13245264
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687B7-A731-FFBB-3AD6-FCE5BB55405C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Helochares lentus Sharp, 1890
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Helochares lentus Sharp, 1890 View in CoL

Helochares lentus Sharp, 1890: 352 View in CoL ; Knisch, 1924b: 193; d’Orchymont, 1927: 248; 1932: 688; Hebauer, 1995b: 5; Balke et al., 1999: 325; Hansen, 1999: 168, and references therein.

Material examined. – 29 specimens - Bukit Timah – 2 ex., Bukit Timah N.R., coll. C.F. Lim ( ZRC) ; 3 ex., 13 Dec.1995, NS 214, coll. T. Wong & H. K. Lua ( CBH, ZRC) ; 1 ex., 4 Dec.1995, ZRC.6.18595, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 5 ex., swamp near fishpond, 9 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH, NMW, ZRC) . Central catchment area – 2 ex., Sime Road , at black light, 27 Oct.1989, coll. YH. Koo ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Rifle Range Road , “J” stream, 27 May.1993, NS 102, coll. C. M. Yang at al. ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Chestnut Drive , Seletar Forest, 9 Jun.1994, NS 156, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Lower Pierce Forest , H.R. Light trap, 21:30- 23:30 hrs., 4 Jun.1992, NS 18 ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Lower Pierce bank, nr. “J” stream, 9 May.1995, NS 179, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 3 ex., Lower Peirce Reservoir , after the concrete water runoff, 22 Apr.1997, 230a, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Seletar Reservoir Park , 12 May.1994, NS 132C, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 2 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 6 Dec.1996, coll. L. Hendrich ( CBH) ; 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 21 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , blacklight, 22 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( ZRC) ; 2 ex., MacRitchie Reserve , near Sime Road, 24 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke, L. Hendrich & C. M. Yang ( ZRC) . Other areas - 1 ex., Lorong Banir , pond 1, 28 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke, L. Hendrich & C. M. Yang ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Botanical Garden , small artificial congrete pool, 22 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke, L. Hendrich & C. M. Yang ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – India, Bangladesh, China [Tibet], Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, West Malaysia, Indonesia: Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok (d’Orchymont, 1927 & 1932; Hebauer, 1995b; Hansen, 1999) and Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).

Ecology. – A lentic species living in very shallow water at the edge of exposed, well-vegetated ponds, pools, puddles and slow-flowing streams and ditches, in primary and cultivated areas, very often in temporary habitats. The species is also attracted to light.