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Colymbetes Clairville, 1806

Colymbetes ; [Bert Gustafsson]

Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dytiscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 411
Colymbetes fuscus ; Dettner, 1983, Aquatic Ins. 5: 42; Nilsson & Holmen, 1995, Fauna Ent. Scand. 32: (?); Nilsson, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 192; [Bert Gustafsson]

Colymbetes paykulli Erichson, 1837

Colymbetes paykulli ; [Bert Gustafsson]

Colymbetes striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

W.Siberia, W.Kazahstan. See [About maps] Dytiscus striatus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 411
Cymatopterus striatus ; Sahlberg, 1880, 54
Colymbetes striatus ; Konev, 1976, Ent. Review 55 (4): 57; Nilsson & Holmen, 1995, Fauna Ent. Scand. 32: 142; Nilsson, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 190, f. 1a; [Bert Gustafsson]

Colymbetes dolabratus (Paykull, 1798)

N.Scandinavia?, N.Canada?, Alaska? Dytiscus dolabratus Paykull, 1798; Fauna Suecica, 1: 204
Colymbetes tolli Zaitzev, 1907; Russ. Ent. Obozr. 6 (1906): 209
Colymbetes tolli Zaitzev, 1910; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, (8) 18 (9): 43

= ; Nilsson, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 190

Colymbetes dolobratus ; Zimmermann, 1981, Coleopterists Bull. 35 (1): 10 (missp.); Dettner, 1983, Aquatic Ins. 5: 42 (missp.)
Colymbetes dolabratus ; Nilsson & Holmen, 1995, Fauna Ent. Scand. 32: 144; Nilsson, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 190, f. 1b; [Bert Gustafsson]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Cymatopterus striatus; Poppius, 1905, Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.Soc. Förh. 47 (16) : 23

C. d. thomsoni Sharp

Iceland, ...?

996x780 (~155Kb) Iceland, Reykjavik, Mosfellsheidi, 22.6.2005, Photo © Johannes Skaftason

1212x1200 (~114Kb) larva Iceland, Reykjavik, Mosfellsheidi, 15.6.2005, Photo © Johannes Skaftason

1188x711 (~74Kb) larva Iceland: Holmsheidi east of Reykjavik, 24.5.2008, Photo © Johannes Skaftason

Colymbetes pseudostriatus Nilsson, 2002

Russia (Buryatia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin), China (Heilongjiang), Japan (Hokkaido, N.Honshu). See [About maps] Colymbetes pseudostriatus Nilsson, 2002; Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 191, f. 1c-d, TL: S.Sakhalin, NW Starodubskoye, Lake Malyy Pribrezhnoye
Colymbetes sp. ; Mori & Kitayama, 1993, Dytiscoidea of Japan: 125

Misidentified/misapplied:

Colymbetes striatus; Balfour-Browne, 1947, Annls Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 13 (1946): 451
Colymbetes tolli; Nilsson & Kholin, 1994, Ent. Tidskr 115: 151
Colymbetes tolli; Nilsson, 1995, in Jäch & Ji, Water beetles of China, 1: 67 (part)
Colymbetes tolli; Nilsson, Kholin & Minakawa, 1999, Beitr. zur Entom. 49: 122

Colymbetes schildknechti Dettner, 1983

Mediterranean. See [About maps] Colymbetes schildknechti Dettner, 1983; Aquatic Ins. 5: (39-44), TL: Sardinia

19.7.2008 (6)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[Bert Gustafsson]

Catalogus Coleoptorum Sueciae; Based on version 1-Nov-2004.; Bert Gustafsson

[Johannes Skaftason]

Iceland; e-mail: Johannes Skaftason

Some related literature:

Balfour-Browne, 1947

The aquatic Coleoptera of Manchuria (Weymarn collection) Annls Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 13 (1946): 433-460

Dettner, 1983

Colymbetes schildknechti, a new water beetle from Sardinia with a key to European species of the genus Colymbetes (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) Aquatic Ins. 5: 39-44

Konev, 1976

Wate beetles of the suborder Adephaga (Coleoptera) in Central Kazakhstan Ent. Review 55 (4): 56-58

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Nilsson, 1995

Noteridae and Dytiscidae: Annotated check lkist of the Noteridae and Dytiscidae of China (Coleoptera) in Jäch & Ji, Water beetles of China, 1: 35-96

Nilsson, 2002

Taxonomic and faunistic notes on East Palaearctic Colymbetes species, with the description of a new species from the Far East Ent. Fennica 13 (3): 189-193

Nilsson & Holmen, 1995

The aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. Dytiscidae Fauna Ent. Scand. 32: 1-192

Nilsson & Kholin, 1994

The diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) of Sakhalin -- an annotated checklist Ent. Tidskr 115: 143-156

Nilsson, Kholin & Minakawa, 1999

The diving beetles of Kamchatka, with additional records from Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Beitr. zur Entom. 49: 107-131

Paykull, 1798

Insecta Fauna Suecica, 1: X + 358pp

Poppius, 1905

Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren-Fauna des Lena-Thales in Ost-Sibirien. I. Haliplidae und Dytiscidae Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.Soc. Förh. 47 (16) : 1-24

Zaitzev, 1907

Zwei neue Wasserkäfer (Coleoptera aquatica) Russ. Ent. Obozr. 6 (1906): 208-210

Zaitzev, 1910

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Wasserkäfer des Ostens von Nordsibirien. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae, Georyssidae, Dryopidae u. Heteroceridae Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, (8) 18 (9): 11-52 + pl. 11B

Zimmermann, 1981

A revision of the Colymbetes of North America (Dytiscidae) Coleopterists Bull. 35 (1): 1-52

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