Helochares sauteri d'Orchymont , 1943

Yang, Zhenming, Jia, Fenglong, Tang, Yudan & Jiang, Lu, 2021, Two new species of Helochares, with additional faunistic records from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae), ZooKeys 1078, pp. 57-83 : 57

Helochares sauteri d'Orchymont, 1943

Figs 33 , 41 , 53 , 54 , 55

Helochares Sauteri d’Orchymont, 1943a: 6. Type locality: China (Taiwan).

Material examined.

Paratype male (IRSN), Ta-maon Id. (II), 92-87. A. d’Orchymont det.: Helochares (Hydrobaticus) sauteri m., coll. A. d’Orchymont.

Additional material examined.

Hubei: 1 spec., Wuchang , 17.v.1961, Zhelong Pu leg. Zhejiang : 55 spec., Tianmushan , 27.vii.-10.viii.2009, Fenglong Jia leg. Jiangxi : 1 male, 5 females, Yichuan City , Yifeng County, Guanshan nature reserve, 26°30'05.63"N, 114°00'53.19"E, 379 m, 17-18.vi.2016, Yudan Tang and Ruijuan Zhang leg. ; 11 spec., Jiulianshan , 20.iv.2009, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 42 spec., Shangrao , Sanqingshan, 15.viii.2006 & 15-20.iv.2007, Fenglong Jia and Haidong Chen leg. ; 4 spec., Jinggangshan , Baiyinghu, 800m, 27.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 6 spec., Jinggangshan , Shuangxikou, 3.x.2010, Shuang Zhao and Fenglong Jia leg. ; 2 spec., Jinggangshan , Dajing parkland, 19.ix.2010, Shuang Zhao leg. ; 3 spec., Jinggangshan major peak, 2.x.2010, Yue Jia and Yuran Cao leg. ; 1 spec., Jinggangshan , Jingzhushan, 4.x.2010, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 21 spec., Jing’an County, Sanzhaolun village , Tangli, 260 m, 3.viii.2015, Renchao Lin and Yudan Tang leg. ; 22 spec., Suichuan County, Nanfengmian nature reserve , 816 m, 18.vi.2015, Renchao Lin and Yudan Tang leg. ; 17 spec., Jing’an County, Daqishan forestry centre, 350 m, 16.vii.2014, Renchao Lin leg. ; 6 spec., Jing’an County, Zaodu town , Nanshan village, 315 m, 19.vii.2014, Renchao Lin leg. ; 1 male, 5 spec., Shangyou County, Guanggushan , 25°55'11"N, 114°03'04"E, 846 m, 21.vi.2015, Renchao Lin and Yudan Tang leg. Hunan : 1 male, 3 females, Hunan , Zhuzhou City, Taoyuandong nature reserve, 28°33'16.73"N, 113°34'55.97"E, 394 m, 14-15.vi.2016, Yudan Tang and Ruijuan Zhang leg. ; 2 spec., Nanyue , 4.ix.1941, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 3 spec., Zhuzhou City , Yanling County, Taoyuandong , Jiashui, 19.v.2014, Renchao Lin and Xiaolin Liu leg. ; 2 spec., Zhuzhou City , Yanling County, Taoyuandong , Mihua village, 25.v.2014, Renchao Lin and Xiaolin Liu and Chang Pan leg. ; 1 spec., Zhuzhou City , Yanling County, Taoyuandong, 20.v.2014, Xiaolin Liu and Chang Pan and Weicai Xie leg. Fujian : 4 spec., Wuyishan , Daanyuanhe, 16.vii.2010, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 14 spec., Nanjing , Hexi town pond, 13.vii.2010, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 1 spec., Ningde City , Ningde normal college behind the mountain, 200 m, 3.x.2012, Zeyu Wang leg. Guangdong : 40 spec., Shaoguan , Danxiashan, 20.iv.2008 & 16.V.2009 & 27.V.2010 & 28.VIII.2012 & 23-26.IV.2013, Fenglong Jia and Keqing Song and Shuang Zhao leg. ; 3 spec., Danxiashan , Zhanglaofeng, 8.vi.2012, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 2 spec., Danxiashan , Yangyuanshan, 10.vi.2011, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 1 spec., Danxiashan , Jinshiyan, 22.iv.2012, Fenglong Jia and Junlei Liao leg. ; 2 spec., Fengkai , Heishiding, 20-22.vii.2007, Fenglong Jia and Lijun Yang leg. ; 2 spec., Fengkai , Heishiding, 2.vii.2011, Fenglong Jia and Lijun Yang leg. ; 4 spec., Nanling , Dadongshan, 24.vi.2009, Fenglong Jia leg. ; 2 females, Guangzhou , Baiyunshan, 18.iv.1958, Zhelong Pu leg. ; 8 spec., Huizhou , Longmen County, Nankunshan, 23.6538N 113.9469E, 239.6 m, 26.ix.2021, Zhuoyin Jiang and Zuqi Mai leg. Guizhou : 2 spec., Pingba , Machang, 13.viii.1982, Zhihe Huang leg. ; 2 spec., Rong County, Pingyang village , Xiaodanjiang, 15.ix.2005, Shuang Zhao leg. Sichuan : 6 spec., Leshan City , Emeishan, Qingyin’ge, 750 m, 7.vi.2014, Renchao Lin leg. ; 2 spec., Emeishan , 6.vii.1982, Zhihe Huang leg. ; 3 spec., Qingchengshan , 8.viii.1982, Zhihe Huang leg.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang). New for Hunan.

Habitat.

This species occurs in mud, or under root of waterside grass of pool or slow stream. It can occasionally be collected in mud without aquatic grass, and by light trap.

Figures

Figures 33 - 36. Habitus of Helochares spp., dorsal view 33 H. sauteri d'Orchymont 34 H. densus Sharp 35 H. lentus Sharp 36 H. neglectus (Hope).

Figures 41 - 44. Habitus of Helochares spp 41 H. sauteri d'Orchymont (ventral) 42 H. lentus Sharp (ventral) 43 H. neglectus (Hope) (ventral) 44 H. anchoralis Sharp (ventral).

Figures 53 - 60. Aedeagi of Helochares spp 53 - 55 H. sauteri d'Orchymont 53 dorsal, 54 lateral, 55 ventral and data of specimen 56 - 58 H. densus Sharp 56 dorsal 57 lateral 58 ventral and data of specimen 59 - 60 H. lentus Sharp 59 dorsal 60 lateral.