Dineutus proximus Aube , 1838

Ramahandrison, Andriamirado Tahina, Rakouth, Bakolimalala & Manuel, Michael, 2022, The aquatic Adephaga of the Makay, central-western Madagascar, with description of two new diving beetle species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1127, pp. 1-60 : 1

Dineutus proximus Aube, 1838

Type locality.

Madagascar.

Material examined.

1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: MAK-5B; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: MAK-5D; 2 ♂♂: MAK-13; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: MAK-14B; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀: MAK _24; 3 ♂♂, 8 ♀ ♀: MAK-27; 1 ♀: MAK-30; 1 ♀: MAK-35C; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: MAK-37B; 2 ♀♀: MAK-40A; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: MAK-40B; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: MAK-48; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: MAK-55; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: MAK-59A;; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀: MAK-59C.

Distribution.

Madagascar, widespread ( Legros 1951; Brinck 1955; Bameul 1984).

Habitat in study area.

Collected only in inner Makay, in permanent lotic habitats (rivers and streams) with sandy bottom (in a few sites substrate was more rocky) and with clear water, in forested or semi-forested environmental context, with little or no anthropogenic disturbance.