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Dineutus Helleri Ochs, 1925, with New Records for the Cyclops Mountains Whirligig Beetle, Dineutus H 17 4 NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Check List 17 (4): 1061–1066 https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1061 Notes on Dineutus helleri Ochs, 1925, with new records for the Cyclops Mountains Whirligig Beetle, Dineutus h. stueberi Ochs, 1955 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) Suriani Surbakti1, Michael Balke2*, Jiří Hájek3, Grey Gustafson4 1 Department of Biology, Universitas Cenderawasih, Waena, Papua, Indonesia • [email protected] 2 Department of Entomology, SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany • [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3773-6586 3 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic • [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-1542 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA • [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-2014-7128 * Corresponding author Abstract We review Dineutus helleri Ochs, 1925, a whirligig beetle species endemic to New Guinea’s north coast mountains. Its diagnostic characters are illustrated for easy species identification. We provide a summary and geographic inter- pretation of historical records, provide new records and, for the first time, habitat photographs for the subspecies D. h. stueberi Ochs, 1955, which is endemic to the Cyclops Mountains area. We also discuss the subspecies classification of this species. Keywords Aquatic Coleoptera, Indonesia, Papua, streams Academic editor: Kirill Makarov | Received 27 April 2021 | Accepted 3 July 2021 | Published 20 July 2021 Citation: Surbakti S, Balke M, Hájek J, Gustafson G (2021) Notes on Dineutus helleri Ochs, 1925, with new records for the Cyclops Mountains Whirligig Beetle, Dineutus h. stueberi Ochs, 1955 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). Check List 17 (4): 1061–1066. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1061 Introduction Whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae) are a smaller family of Their oar-like middle and hind legs provide them with about 800 species worldwide, yet, they are among the unrivalled swimming ability (Nachtigall 1961; Liu et al. most conspicuous of aquatic insects. The adults are 2018), fully divided eyes enable clear vision ventrally neuston dwellers, morphologically highly adapted to into the water, and dorsally into the air (Blagodatski et inhabiting the surface film of various aquatic habitats al. 2014). These carnivorous beetles use their special- such as areas of streams or rivers with little to no cur- ized antennae (Kolmes 1983) to detect their prey, other rent, as well as a variety of lentic habitats. Some gyri- insects on the water surface, which is then caught with nids form large aggregations of hundreds to thousands of their elongated forelegs (Beutel and Roughley 2016). individuals often involving multiple species or even gen- When alarmed, the beetles dive to the bottom and hide, era (Young 1954; Realzola et al. 2007; Jäch et al. 2010). only to emerge again after a while. The larvae remain © The authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 1062 Check List 17 (4) largely elusive with their precise habitat unclear (Michat Results et al. 2017). Larvae possess lateral abdominal tracheal gills for breathing, and as such do not need to travel to Dineutus helleri helleri Ochs, 1925 the water surface to renew their air supply. Additionally, Dineutus helleri helleri Ochs 1925: 7 (original descrip- they may prefer oxygen rich water, in which case the tion); Brinck 1983: 228 (redescription; new distributional presence of whirligig beetles could indicate comparably data). healthy ecosystems. Type locality and type collecting data: Papua New New Guinea and its satellite islands feature a rich Guinea: Sandaun or East Sepik Province, Torricelli Mts., fauna of Gyrinidae, with about 41 known species plus 27 January 1910, Collector: O. Schlaginhaufen. subspecies (Polhemus 2011). The largest of them, up to 22.9 mm long (Brinck 1984), belong to the genus Dineu- Known localities. Data from Brinck (1983). PAPUA tus Macleay, 1825. The approximately 100 known spe- NEW GUINEA – Sandaun Province • Sea Falls near cies of Dineutus have, roughly speaking, a pantropical Afua; alt. 500 m; approx. position from GoogleE- distribution, including Central and North America, but arth −03.3197, 142.5847; 1939; P.G. Moore leg. – are absent from South America (Gustafson and Miller East Sepik Province • Prince Alexander Mountains, 2017). New Guinea is a center of species diversity for Maprik; 15.VII.1950; approx. position from GoogleE- Dineutus, with 23 species plus 11 subspecies reported arth −03.6495, 143.0605; W.W. Brandt leg. • Torricelli from the island to date, almost all of which are endemic Mts.; Sugoitei Village; approx. position from GoogleE- to one or a few areas of freshwater endemism (Polhemus arth −03.5303, 142.0576; alt. 900 m; 6–9.II.1959; W.W. 2011; Polhemus and Allen 2007). Brandt leg. • INDONESIA – Papua Province • Mount In the context of an academic training and devel- Nomo, south of Mount Bougainville; position inferred opment project between the Department of Biology, from Hämäläinen and Orr (2016) and Cheesman (1938) Universitas Cenderawasih (UNCEN), Waena, Papua, is the area immediately at the present-day PNG border, Indonesia and Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, west of Nyao village in PNG: −02.8079, 141.0543; alt. UNCEN biology staff initiated a survey of Cyclops 200 m; II.1936; L.E. Cheesman leg. (in the company Mountain streams on and near UNCEN campus. This of W. Stüber); 8 individuals • Njau-limon (might refer area is densely populated and heavily used, presenting to modern day “Nyao”; http://papuaweb.org/bib/hays/ a fairly sharp transition between steeply rising forested loc/index.html); south of Mount Bougainville; position slopes of the Cyclops Mountains and the hills leading inferred from Hämäläinen and Orr (2016) and Chees- to the northern shores of Lake Sentani. While the for- man (1938) is the area near −02.8079, 141.0543; alt. 100 est margin zone is more and more disturbed and pushed m; II.1936; L.E. Cheesman leg. (in the company of W. upslope by logging and gardening, mainly with the Stüber); 1 individual • Stream between Tjahe River and arrival of new settlers from the highlands of Papua, the Jasa River; the position −02.7495, 140.9839 after Fran- rivers emerging from the deeply incised gorges remain sen et al. (1997); 13.VI.1940; P.N. van Kampen leg.; 4 comparably clean, thus offering opportunities for biodi- individuals. versity assessment close to the UNCEN facilities. Identification. The species was identified based on the Here, we focus on the large Gyrinidae found, Din- original description by Ochs (1925, 1955), the redescrip- eutus helleri, providing notes on the distribution and tion and identification key by Brinck (1983), as well as taxonomy of its two subspecies D. helleri stueberi and the study of reference specimens from the Torricelli Dineutus helleri helleri, the whirligig beetle endemic to Mountains in Papua New Guinea, housed in the Natural the Torricelli and Cyclops mountains. History Museum London. Diagnosis (adopted from Brinck 1983). Body length: ♂ Methods 12.8–18.0 mm, ♀ 13.0–15.7 mm; habitus convex (Fig. 1 This work was conducted by members of the Depart- B). Dorsal side olive-green with metallic reflexion, ven- ment of Biology, Universitas Cendrawasih, Waena, tral side dark brown with margins of apical abdominal Papua, Indonesia, using a kitchen strainer otherwise ventrite brighter. Dull elytral stripe broad anteriorly, used to collect other aquatic insects. Images were taken then attenuated, and terminating at epipleural angle (♂) with a Canon EOS 5DS camera fitted with the Canon or before angle (♀). Lateral margin of elytra posteriorly MPE65 macro lens, attached to a Stackmaster macro rail concave, with epipleural spine more or less distinct; ely- (Stonemaster: https://www.stonemaster-onlineshop.de). tral truncature with outer excision deep, enlarged middle Illumination was with three or four LED segments SN-1 part obtuse and epipleural angle prominent. Distal outer from Stonemaster. Image stacks were generated using angle of protibia not prominent. Aedeagus depicted in the Stackmaster and images were then assembled with Figure 1D and E. the computer software Helicon Focus v. 4.77TM. Distribution. Recorded from the Bewani, Torricelli, Voucher specimens are stored in the Koleksi Ser- and Prince Alexander mountain ranges along the north- ranga Papua (KSP), Department of Biology, Universitas ern coast of Papua New Guinea (Sandaun and East Sepik Cenderawasih, Waena, Papua, Indonesia. provinces) (Fig. 2); several records came also from the Surbakti et al. | Recent records for Dineutus helleri stueberi 1063 Figure 2. Dineutus helleri. Distribution overview of localities in New Guinea (above) and focus on the Jayapura area (below). Din- eutus helleri helleri = green diamonds; D. helleri stueberi published localities = orange; D. helleri stueberi new localities = red. Map generated using the OpenTopoMap layer in gps visualizer (https:// www.gpsvisualizer.com/) and edited using Microsoft Powerpoint. IV.1945; B. Malkin • Tami River; Tami River is east of Jayapura City, the overflow of Lake Sentani drains into Figure 1. Dineutus helleri. Habitus dorsal. A. Dineutus helleri stue- that river, it’s mouth is located at −02.6364, 140.9265, beri, Kamp Wolker River. B. Dineutus helleri helleri, Torricelli Mts. note that the actual collecting site might be much further Median lobe of aedeagus in dorsal view. C. Dineutus helleri stueberi, inland; 1930; R. Voorhoeve leg.; 2 individuals • Ifar; Cy- Kamp Wolker River. D, E. Dineutus helleri helleri, Torricelli Mts. clops Mountains; Sentani area ca. −02.5484, 140.5504; alt. 300–500 m; 23–25.VI.1962; J. Sedlacek; 20 individ- vicinity of Mount Bougainville (supposedly) in Indone- uals • light trap; Sentani; SW Cyclops Mountains; posi- sian Papua, east from Tami river; the altitude of findings tion of the mountain stream closest to Sentani approx. ranges between 100–900 m a.s.l.
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