Haliplus (Liaphlus) ovalis Sharp 1884:440
Type specimens
Lectotype female (designated by Van Vondel 1991:125) in the British Museum (Natural History). Type locality: Japan, Yokohama, 29.x.1881, Lweis.
Synonymy
None.
Takizawa (1931:142) gives the Japanese name of this species as Hime-kogashiramizumushi.
Distribution
China; Japan: Honshu and Kyushu; and Korea.
Literature Cited
Regimbart, M.
- 1899. Revision des Dytiscidae de la region Indo-Sino-Malaise. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 68:186-367.
Sato, M.
- 1960. Aquatic Coleoptera from Amami-Oshima of the Ryukyu Islands (1). Kontyu 28:251-254.
Sharp, D.
- 1884. XXI. The water-beetles of Japan. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 32:439-464.
Takizawa, M.
- 1931. The Haliplidae of Japan. Insecta Matsumarana 5(3):137-143.
Van Vondel, B. J.
- 1991. Revision of the palearctic species of Haliplus subgenus Liaphlus Guignot (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 134(1):75-144.
Wu, C. F.
- 1932. Aquatic insects of China. Article xi. Catalogue of Chinese Haliplidae. Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 7:339-343.
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 6 May 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu