Hydroporus tenebrosus LeConte

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 : 112

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Hydroporus tenebrosus LeConte

Note.

Several specimens of Hydroporus tenebrosus were collected in each of the three counties of Prince Edward Island (Table 2).

Habitat.

This species occurs mainly in forested regions but is also common in the prairie parkland. Beetles occur in the emergent zone of small, usually temporary pools and ponds. They are usually found in eutrophic, sun-warmed sites ( Larson et al. 2000). In Prince Edward Island, Hydroporus tenebrosus was almost essentially collected only in ponds, ephemeral pools, and roadside ditches (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

The species is known also from the neighboring Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000), and the Magdalen Islands ( Alarie 2009).