Haliplus (Haliplus) sibiricus Motschulsky 1860:99
Type specimens
Lectotype male, designated by Holmen (1987:131), in the Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. Type locality: USSR, G. Tobolsk, Bileika.
Synonymy
Motschulsky (1853) first published Haliplus sibiricus as a nomen nudum. He later gave a valid description of the species (Motschulsky 1860).
Haliplus sibiricus Motschulsky 1860:99
- Haliplus sibiricus Zimmermann 1920:316, mis-spelling
- Haliplus sahlbergi Falkenstrom 1939:32, by Zaitsev 1953:62 (transl. 1972)
- Haliplus lindbergi Falkenstrom 1939:38
- Haliplus transversus auctt., nec Thomson 1870, mis-identification
- Haliplus lineolatus auctt., nec Mannerheim 1844, mis-identification
- Haliplus ruficollis auctt., nec (DeGeer 1774), mis-identification
Brinck (1944) proposed that Haliplus wehnckei (as H. lineolatus) and H. sibiricus (as H. sahlbergi) should be treated as subspecies of the same species. Holmen (1987) thought them likely to be conspecific, but sufficient material was not available to permit synonymy.
Distribution
Northern Scandinavia and USSR east to Mongolia and Siberia.
Literature Cited
Brinck, P.
- 1944. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis kritischer Wasserkafer-Arten. Opusc. Entomol. 9:149-154.
DeGeer, C.
- 1774. Memories pour servir a l'histoire des insectes, 4. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. xii + 456 pp.
Falkenstrom, G.
- 1939/1940. Revision des Haliplus lincolatus Mnh. und seiner systematischer Verwandten nebst einigen Neuheiten. Eine kritische Darstellung von morphologischen und biologischer Gesichtspunkten aus. Ark. Zool. 32A(6):1-46.
Holmen, M.
- 1987. The aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. I. Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae and Noteridae. Fauna Entomol. Scandinavica 20:1-168.
Mannerheim, C. G.
- 1844. Description de quelques nouvelles especes de Coleopteres de Finlandie. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 17:189-202.
Motschulsky, V.
- 1853. Hydrocanthares de la Russie. 1-15. Helsingfors.
- 1860. Coleopteres de la Siberie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour. Schrensk's Amur-Reise II, Coleopteren: 79-257.
Thomson, C. G.
- 1870. Naagra for Sverige Fauna nya Coleoptera. Opuscula Entomol. 2(9):124-140.
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 1 May 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu