Hyphoporus aper Sharp, 1882

Hájek, Jiří, 2006, The westernmost record of Neptosternus circumductus, and a review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of Baluchistan (Iran, Pakistan), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 43-56 : 51-52

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Material studied. IRAN: 3♀♀, ‘ SE Iran, Sekand, 27 km ENE Sarbáz , 31.3.-1.4.1973’, ‘ Loc. No. 144, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 1♀, ‘ SE Iran, 1.-2.4.1973, env. Sarbaz , valley of river Sarbaz’, ‘ Loc. No. 145, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 1♀, ‘ SE Iran, Rask, vall r. Sarbáz , 3-4.4.1973’, ‘ Loc. No. 146, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 1♀, ‘SE Iran, Bahu-Kalat, 3- 4.4.1973’, ‘Loc. No. 147, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’; 333 1♀, ‘ SE Iran, 13 km SSE Niksahr (riv.), 8-9.4.1973’, ‘ Loc. No. 152, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 13, ‘ SE Iran, 25 km W Ghasre-ghand , 9-10.4.1973’, ‘ Loc. No. 1153, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 13, ‘ SE Iran, 11-12.4.73, Ghasemabad, 10 km Bampur (vall)’, ‘ Loc. No. 157, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ;

21 spec., ‘ SE Iran, Bazman , 13.4.73’, ‘ Loc. No. 161, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha’ ; 13, ‘ Iran, 10.-11.IV.2000, Sistan va Baluchestan prov. , 25 km S Kahiri, 1050 m, (26°44′N, 61°04′E)’, ‘ Iran 2000 Czech Biological Expedition, J. Hájek & M. Mikát leg. GoogleMaps ’; 39 spec., ‘ Iran, 11.-12.IV.2000, Sistan va Baluchestan prov. , Pir Sohrab env., 100 m, (25°44′N, 60°50′E)’, ‘ Iran 2000 Czech Biological Expedition, J. Hájek & M. Mikát leg.’ (all NMPC). PAKISTAN: 1♀, ‘ Pakistan, 4.-7.4.1993, S Balochistan, Awaran (distr. Khuzdar), lgt. S. Bečvář’ ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 6 spec., ‘ Pakistan , 8.- 19.4.1993, W Balochistan, Turbat, lgt. S. Bečvář’ ( LHCB, NMPC) .

Notes. The species was described originally from ‘N India’, and subsequently recorded from most parts of northern India (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal) by VAZIRANI (1969b). First record from Iran and Pakistan.

The species could in fact be distributed more widely than the data from literature indicate as two related species, H. nilghiricus Régimbart, 1903 , and H. pacistanus Guignot, 1959 , may actually be junior synonyms. The entire genus is in an urgent need of a complete revision.