Haliplus (Liaphlus) maculatus Motschulsky 1860:100

Type specimens

Lectotype female (designated by Van Vondel 1991:117) in the Zoological Museum, University of Moscow. Type locality: USSR, NW of Caspian Sea, Berscho-Ko.

Synonymy

Haliplus maculatus Motschulsky 1860:100

• Haliplus syriacus Wehncke 1880:73, by Van Vondel 1991:117
  
• Haliplus zimmermanni Gschwendtner 1921:56, by Van Vondel 1991:117
  

Distribution

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Rumania, and Yugoslavia (Van Vondel 1991:119 notes that all European specimens examined by him were collected 60 or more years earlier, so the species may be extirpated from Europe); Afghanistan, Israel, Syria, and USSR near Iranian border.

Literature Cited

Gschwendtner, L.

• 1921. Beitrage zur Kenntnis und Bestimmung palaaaaarktischer Schwimmkafer (Haliplidae et Dytiscidae). Entomol. Anz. 1:56-63.

• 1860. Coleopteres de la Siberie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour. Schrensk's Amur-Reise II, Coleopteren: 79-257.

• 1991. Revision of the palearctic species of Haliplus subgenus Liaphlus Guignot (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 134(1):75-144.

• 1880. Neue Haliplus. Stett. Entomol. Zeit. 41:72-75.

• 1972. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. IV Coleoptera. Israel Prog. Sci. Translations. Jerusalem, Israel. 401 pp.

• 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.