Additions to Crimean fauna of water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae)
Journal Title: Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology - Year 2018, Vol 27, Issue
Abstract
The paper presents new records for five species of water beetles from the Crimean peninsula: Agabus (Agabus) fulvaster Zaitsev, Berosus (Enoplurus) fulvus Kuwert, Cercyon (Cercyon) tristis (Illiger), Enochrus (Lumetus) ater (Kuwert) and Limnoxenus niger (Gmelin). Three of them are simultaneously new to the fauna of Ukraine. The number of species from the family Dytiscidae known from the Crimea is currently 63, and the family of Hydrophilidae 62.
Authors and Affiliations
Czesław Greń
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