Haliplus (Haliplus) ruficollis (DeGeer 1774:404)

Van Vondel (1986) reported a malformed left antenna in this species.

Type specimens

Lectotype female, designated by Holmen (1987:133), in the Zoology Museum, University of Copenhagen. Type locality unknown.

Synonymy

Haliplus ruficollis (DeGeer 1774:404)

• Dytiscus ruficollis DeGeer 1774:404
  
• Dytiscus impressus Fabricius 1787:193, mec. Muller 1776, preoccupied
  
• Dytiscus marginepunctatus Panzer 1794:10
  
• Haliplus affinis Stephens 1829:42
  
• Haliplus rubicundus Babington 1836:178
  
• Haliplus ruficollis var. multipunctatus Wehncke 1875:122
  
• Haliplus confluens Fiori 1904:199
  
• Haliplus fulvicollisFiori 1904:200, nec Erichson 1837:186, by ZImmermann 1924:72
  

Distribution

Most of Europe north to Britain, Scandinavia, and the northern parts of the USSR east to Siberia, south to the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Iran, Transcaucasia, and Kazakhstan.

Literature Cited

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.

• 1774. Memories pour servir a l'histoire des insectes, 4. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. xii + 456 pp.

• 1837. Die Kafer der Mark Brandenburg. F. H. Morin, Berlin. 384 pp.

• 1787. Mantissa Insectorum, I. Hafniae.

• 1904. Studio critico dei Dytiscidi Italiani. Riv. Coleotterologica Italiana 2:186-205.

• 1987. The aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. I. Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae and Noteridae. Fauna Entomol. Scandinavica 20:1-168.

• 1794: Entomologia Germanica, vols 13-24. Nurnberg.

• 1828-1829. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions: with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy, as far as practicable, vol. 2, Mandibulata. Baldwin & Cradock, London. pp 1-200 + pls 10-15.

• 1986. About two teratological Haliplidae Coleotpera. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 46(1):12.

• 1875. Zwei neue deutsche Haliplus-Arten. Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschrift. 19:122.

• 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.