Haliplus (Liaphlus) indicus Regimbart 1899:189
Type specimens
Lectotype male (designated by Van Vondel 1993:299), in the Oberthur Collection, Museum of Natural History, Paris. Type locality: India, Ranchi dist., Bihar, Nowaroli, viii-ix. 1896, R.P.Cardon.
Synonymy
Haliplus indicus Regimbart 1899:189
- Haliplus pulchellus var. indicus Regimbart 1899:189, by Van Vondel 1993:299
- Haliplus pulchellus ab. indicus Regimbart 1899:189, by Zimmermann 1924:140
- Haliplus pulchellus indicus Regimbart 1899:189, by Vazirani 1966:133
Van Vondel (1991:127) included Haliplus indicus Regimbart 1899:189 as a variety of Haliplus pulchellus Clark , but subsequently (Van Vondel 1993:299) considered it a distinct species.
Distribution
India.
Literature Cited
Clark, H.
- 1863. Descriptions of new East-Asiatic species of Haliplidae and Hydroporidae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 11:417-428 (also called ser. 3, vol. 1, part 5, pp. 417-42) considered it a distinct species.
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Regimbart, M.
- 1899. Revision des Dytiscidae de la region Indo-Sino-Malaise. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 68:186-367.
Van Vondel, B. J.
- 1991. Revision of the palearctic species of Haliplus subgenus Liaphlus Guignot (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 134(1):75-144.
- 1993. Revision of the Liaphlus species of the Oriental region excluding China (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 136(2): 289-316.
Vazirani, T. G.
- 1966. A review of the Indian Haliplidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. 19:127-134.
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 11 March 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu