Syntypes in the Zoological Museum, Lund.
Haliplus apicalis Thomson 1868:293
- Haliplus brevis Stephens 1828:43, nec Wehncke 1880:75
- Haliplus striatus Sharp 1869:81
- Haliplus immaculatus Newberry 1907:5, nec Gerhardt 1877
- Haliplus inornatus Zaitsev 1910:26
- Haliplus strigatus Roberts 1913:110, by Holmen 1887:122
- Haliplus fluviatilis auctt., mis-identification
Distribution
Holarctic: known from Britain and Scandinavia; south to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Hungary; east across European Russia to Siberia. Canada: Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon; United States: Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The North American records were previously referred to Haliplus strigatus Roberts 1913.
Literature Cited
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Revised 3 May 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu