Paracymus evanescens 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 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244881
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13245250
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scientific name	Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890
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Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890 View in CoL

Paracymus evanescens Sharp, 1890: 349 View in CoL ; Knisch, 1924b: 166; d’Orchymont, 1927: 246-259; Fernando, 1961: 23; 1964: 87; Wooldridge, 1977: 126; Balke et al., 1999: 326; Hansen, 1999: 110, and references therein.

Material examined. – 37 specimens – Central catchment area - 2 ex., Chestnut Drive , Seletar Forest, 9 Jun.1994, NS 156, coll. H. K. Lua et al. ( ZRC) ; 2 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 9 May.1992, Y 794D, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) . Bukit Timah - 6 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 6 Dec.1995, NS 206, coll. T. Wong & H. K. Lua ( CBH, ZRC) ; 16 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 13 Dec.1995, NS 214, coll. T. Wong & H. K. Lua ( CBH, ZRC) ; 10 ex., Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , swamp near fishpond, 9 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH, NMW, ZRC) . Other areas - 1 ex., Bukit Batok Nature Park , former granite quarry pond, 18 Nov.1995, LHK 293, coll. H. K. Lua & Goh S.L. ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – Sri Lanka ( Wooldridge, 1977; Hansen, 1999), West Malaysia ( Fernando, 1964), Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).

Ecology. – A lentic species living in very shallow water at the edge of small, exposed, and well-vegetated pools, puddles and slow-flowing streams and ditches mainly in or nearby forested areas. The puddles in Bukit Timah Reserve were fed by small helocrenes. The species has been recorded under lighted conditions (d’Orchymont, 1927; Fernando, 1961).