Haliplus (Liaphlus) mucronatus Stephens 1829:40
Type specimens
Type probably in the British Museum (Natural History).
Synonymy
Haliplus mucronatus Stephens 1829:40
- Haliplus badius Aube 1836:25
- Haliplus parallelus Babington 1836:178
- Haliplus siculus Wehncke 1883:145
Distribution
Central and southern Europe from England to Germany, south to Spain and Albania; USSR along the Black Sea and Iraq; Mediterranean Islands; and north Africa from Morocco to Lybia.
Literature Cited
Aube, C.
- 1836. Iconographie et histoire naturelles des coleopteres d'Europe; par M. le Compte Dejean...continuee par le docteur Ch. Aube...tome 5. Hydrocanthares. Mequignon-Marvis, Paris. xi + 415 pp + 46 pls.
Babington, C. C.
- 1836. Observations on Haliplus ferrugineus of authors, being an attempt at its subdivision into several species. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 1:175-179.
Guignot, F.
- 1959. Revision des Hydrocanthares d'Afrique (Coleoptera Dytiscoidea), Part 1. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belgique (ser. 8) Sci. Zool. 70:1-316.
Holmen, M.
- 1987. The aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. I. Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae and Noteridae. Fauna Entomol. Scandinavica 20:1-168.
Regimbart, M.
- 1895. Revision des Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae d'Afrique, Madagascar et iles voisines. En contribution a la faune entomologique du Congo. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 4:1-244.
Van Vondel, B. J.
- 1985. Verpreiding van Haliplidae in Nederland. Een tussenstand. Nieuwsbrief
Europe Invert. Surv. 16):31-34.
- 1991. Revision of the palearctic species of Haliplus subgenus Liaphlus Guignot (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 134(1):75-144.
Wehncke, E.
- 1883. Neue Halipliden. Deutsche Entomol. Zeit. 27(1):145-146.
Zaitsev, F. A.
- 1972. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. IV Coleoptera. Israel Prog. Sci. Translations. Jerusalem, Israel. 401 pp.
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 8 May 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu