Haliplus (Liaphlus) abbreviatus Wehncke 1880:73
Type specimens
Lectotype female (designated by Van Vondel 1991:81) in the Natural History Museum (Paris). Type locality: Mesopotamia [Iraq].
Synonymy
None.
Distribution
Egypt?, Iran, and Iraq.
Literature Cited
Alfieri, A.
- 1976. The Coleoptera of Egypt. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Egypt. 5:38.
Van Vondel, B. J.
- 1991. Revision of the palearctic species of Haliplus subgenus Liaphlus Guignot (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 134(1):75-144.
Wehncke, E.
- 1880. Neue Haliplus. Stett. Entomol. Zeit. 41:72-75.
Zimmermann, A.
- 1920. Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Amphizoidae, 71:1-326. In Coleopterorum Catalogus. S. Schenkling, ed. W. Junk, Berlin.
- 1924. Die Halipliden der Welt. Entomol. Blatt. 20:1-16, 65-80, 129-144, 193-213.

Revised 1 March 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu