New Aquatic Beetle Records for Canada (Coleoptera: Haliplidae, Dytiscidae)

Authors

  • R. D. Kenner Spencer Entomological Museum Department of Zoology University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
  • D. J. Larson Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL A1B 3X9
  • R. E. Roughley Department of Entomology University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

Abstract

Three species of aquatic beetle, Peltodytes simplex (LeConte) (Haliplidae), Agabus oblongulus Fall (Dytiscidae) (both from southern British Columbia) and Ilybius oblitus Sharp (Dytiscidae) (from southern Ontario) are confirmed as members of the Canadian fauna based on specimens deposited in the Spencer Entomological Museum at the University of British Columbia.

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Vol. 100 (2003): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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