Haliplus Latreille 1802:77

Most recent works on Haliplus use the subgenera proposed by Guignot (1955), but this work, as well as his 1939 paper on Haliplus, are based upon an incorrectly fixed type species for the genus. See the discussion under the type species for Haliplus found above. It is more appropriate to use the earlier proposal of subgenera by Guignot (1928), with later additions (Guignot 1930, 1935).

Subgenera of Haliplus as understood by Guignot (1928, 1930, 1935).

Haliplus s. str.

syn. Haliplinus Guignot 1939:176
Type species: Dytiscus impressus Fabricius 1787 [= Haliplus (Haliplus) ruficollis (DeGeer 1774)], by subsequent designation of Latreille (1810), by subsequent designation by Holmen (1987:133).
28 (Holmen 1987) to 55 (Guignot 1955) species, holarctic

Neohaliplus Netolitzky 1911:273

syn. Protohaliplus Scholz 1929:28
Type species: Dytiscus lineatocollis Marsham 1802, by monotypy
5 species: 2 palearctic and 3 australian

Haliplidius Guignot 1928:138

syn. Haliplus sensu Guignot 1939:176
Type species: Dytiscus obliquus Fabricius 1787 [=Haliplus (Haliplidius) obliquus (Fabricius 1787)], by subsequent designation by Guignot 1930
4 species: 3 palearctic and 1 neotropical

Liaphlus Guignot 1928:138

syn. Hoplites Kinel 1929:219, pre-occupied
Type species: Dytiscus fulvus Fabricius 1801 [=Haliplus (Liaphlus) fulvus (Fabricius 1801), by subsequent designation by Guignot 1930
40 to 50 species, worldwide

Paraliaphlus Guignot 1930:36*

Type species: Haliplus triopsis Say 1823:106
c. 15 species in 2 groups: c. 14 nearctic, 1 neotropical
- borealis group, 2 species: 1 nearctic, borealis LeConte; 1 neotropical, oblongus Zimmermann
- triopsis group, c. 13 nearctic species

Phalilus Guignot 1935:36

Type species: Haliplus oberthuri Guignot, subsp. bistriatus Guignot, nec Wehncke, mis-identification
1 species: New Caledonia, oberthuri Guignot

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*Wallis (1933:2) included a translation of Guignot's (1930) key to the subgenera of Haliplus in his revision of North American (north of Mexico) Haliplus. It was a verbatum translation, and where Guignot used the words "Paraliaphlus, nov. subg.", Wallis only omitted the comma. The editors of the Zoological Record for 1933 (vol. 70, part 11, page 198) subquently credited Wallis for the new subgenus. Guignot (1935:36) pointed out this error in a footnote to his paper adding a sixth subgenus to Haliplus.

Literature Cited

DeGeer, C.

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

Fabricius, J. C.

1787. Mantissa Insectorum, I. Hafniae.
1801. Systema Eleutheratorium, etc. 1. Hafniae.

Guignot, F.

1928. Notes sur les Haliplus du groupe fulvus F. [Coleopt. Haliplidae]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 97:133-151.
1930. Notes sur quelques Haliplus [Col. Haliplidae]. Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 31:71-75.
1933. Les Hydrocanthares de France. Freres Douladoure, Toulouse. 1057 pp.
1935. Douzieme note sur les Hydrocanthares. Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 40:36-40.
1939. A propos du type du genre Haliplus [Col. Haliplidae]. Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 44(11-12):176.
1955. Sur la Systematique des Haliplus (Col. Haliplidae). Mem. Soc. Roy. Belg. 27:289-296.

Holmen, M.

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

Kinel, J.

1929. Einige Bemerkungen zur Bestimmungstabelle, 97 heft, Haliplidae (Col.). Polski Pismo Entomol. 8:217-220.

Latreille, P. A.

1802. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insects.... Dufart, Paris. 3:i-xii + 13-467.
1810. Considerations generales sur l'orbre naturel des Crustaces, Arachnides et Insectes. Paris.

Marsham, T.

1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens Insects Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanum disopsita, 1. Coleoptera. London. xxxi + 548 pp.

Netolitzky, F.

1911. Die Parameren und das System der Adephaga. (Col. Caraboidea.). Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr. 1911:271-283.

Say, T.

1823. Descriptions of insects of the families Carabici and Hydrocanthari of Latreille, inhabiting North America. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2:1-109.

Scholz, M. F. R.

1929. Zur systematik der Haliplidae. Entomol. Nachrichtsblatt 3:28-29.

Wallis, J. B.

1933. Revision of the North American species (North of Mexico), of the genus Haliplus, Latreille. Trans. Roy. Canadian Inst. 19:1-76.

Revised 6 February 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu