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Acknowledgements We thank Prof. Dr. Michaël Manuel (Paris, France) for sending us his specimens of the new Actualized checklist of Chinese Haliplidae, species, and for providing information on the habitat. with new provincial records The habitus photograph of the holotype was made by Dr. Harald Schillhammer (NMW). We are indebted to Nicholas Charpin (Nouméa, New Caledonia) for the photograph of a living (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) specimen. Z. LIANG, F. JIA & B.J. van VONDEL The hydrobiological expeditions to New Caledonia 2016–2018 (Principal Investigator: Philippe Bouchet) are part of a cluster of expeditions under the program “La Planète Revisitée” (“Our Planet Reviewed”), implemented by the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris (Pascale Abstract Joannot, head of the expeditions program) in partnership with the Conservatoire d’Espaces An actualized checklist of the Haliplidae (Coleoptera) of China is presented, with new locality data, Naturels, with funding from the Government of New Caledonia, Government of the South including nine new provincial records. A total of 27 species is now recorded from China. Variations of Province, Government of the North Province, Office des Postes et Télécommunications (OPT), Haliplus (Liaphlus) abbreviatus WEHNCKE, 1880 and H. (L.) sharpi WEHNCKE, 1880 are illustrated. Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie à Paris, and the Ministry of Overseas France. The expedition Key words: Coleoptera, Haliplidae, Haliplus, Liaphlus, new provincial records, variation, China. operated under permits issued by the Governments of the South Province (APA_NCPS_2017_ 028) and the North Province; Emmanuel Coutures and Isabelle Jurquet (South Province), and Jean-Jérôme Cassan and Yannick Monlouis (North Province) are thanked for the issuance of the Introduction permits. Thanks are also due to Sébastien Faninoz and Alice Leblond for logistic support before, The latest catalogue of the Chinese Haliplidae was published by JIA & VONDEL (2011), who during, and after the field work. recorded a total of 29 species. Since then, no new species or new records were reported from China. Recently, VONDEL & LITOVKIN (2017) synonymized five species of Haliplus subgenus References Liaphlus GUIGNOT, 1928 based on the variability of the left paramere. Two of these junior syno- nyms, Haliplus davidi VONDEL, 1991 and H. holmeni VONDEL, 1991, had previously been HENDRICH, L., BALKE, M. & WEWALKA, G. 2010: Dytiscidae: Annotated checklist of Bidessini, Hydro- recorded from China. Based on the examination of specimens deposited in the entomological vatini, Hyphydrini, Laccophilinae and Dytiscinae (Coleoptera), pp. 171–194. – In Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). – Monographs on Coleoptera 3: collection of the Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) and the Royal Alberta Museum IV+449 pp. (Edmonton, Canada) nine new provincial records are provided here. An actualized checklist of the 27 Chinese Haliplidae, including data on their provincial distribution, is presented. MILLER, K.B. & NILSSON, A.N. 2003: Homology and terminology: Communicating information about rotated structures in water beetles. – Latissimus 17: 1–4. WEWALKA, G. 2015: Revision of the Hydaticus (Prodaticus) sexguttatus species group, and resembling Material and methods species from the Palearctic, Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). – Most of the material examined is deposited in the entomological collection of the Sun Yat-sen Koleopterologische Rundschau 85: 7–55. University, Guangzhou, China (SYSU), while two specimens (see Peltodytes pekinensis

ONDEL V , 1992) are deposited in the Royal Alberta Museum (Edmonton, Canada). A total of 24 Prof. Dr. Günther WEWALKA Chinese species is deposited in the SYSU – these species are marked with an asterisk (*) in the Starkfriedgasse 16, A – 1190 Wien, Austria ([email protected]) checklist below. Only unpublished locality data are listed. For additional distribution data see JIA & VONDEL (2011), VONDEL (1995, 2005, 2013, 2017) and VONDEL & LITOVKIN (2017). Dr. Manfred A. JÄCH Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, A – 1010 Wien, Austria ([email protected]) Photographs of habitus and male genital sclerites were taken with a Zeiss SteREO Discovery V20 Microscope and a Zeiss Axioskop 40 Microscope respectively, then montaged with Axio Vision SE64 and Auto-Montage software.

Annotated checklist of Chinese Haliplidae

1. Haliplus (Haliplidius) confinis STEPHENS, 1828* Distribution: West Palearctic and western part of East Palearctic, reaching north-western China (Xinjiang).

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2. Haliplus (Haliplidius) rejseki ŠŤASTNÝ & BOUKAL, 2003* 11. Haliplus (s.str.) simplex CLARK, 1863* Material examined: Material examined: QINGHAI: 29 exs., Golog, roadside pools near Yematan, 34°40'47''N 98°03'57''E, 4240 m, 8.VI.2013, leg. F. Jia, SHANXI: 1 ex., Lishan Nature Reserve, Qinshui County, Xiashan Village, 35°26'52''N 112°01'24''E, 1590 m, R.B. Angus & Y. Zhang. 23.VII.2013, leg. F. Jia, W. Xie & R. Lin. Distribution: Endemic to China (Sichuan, Qinghai). First record for Qinghai. Distribution: East Palearctic Region. Recorded from several provinces in eastern China: Anhui, Beijing, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang. First record for Shanxi. 3. Haliplus (s.str.) aliae VONDEL, 2003 Distribution: Endemic to China (Tianjin). 12. Haliplus (s.str.) steppensis GUIGNOT, 1954* Material examined: 4. Haliplus (s.str.) furcatus SEIDLITZ, 1887 XIZANG: 4 exs., Rikaze, Jiamudui Village, 2.VIII.2013, leg. Y. Jia. Distribution: Widely distributed in the Palearctic Region, reaching north-eastern China: Heilong- Distribution: East Palearctic Region. In China recorded from Gansu, Heilongjiang, Inner jiang, Inner Mongolia. Mongolia, Qinghai and Xizang. First record for Xizang.

5. Haliplus (s.str.) harminae VONDEL, 1990* 13. Haliplus (Liaphlus) abbreviatus WEHNCKE, 1880* Distribution: Endemic to China (Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi). Material examined: SHANXI: 2 , Lishan Natural Reserve, Qinshui County, Dongchuan Village, 35°26'20''N 112°00'54''E, 1560 m, 23.IX.2013, leg. F. Jia, W. Xie & R. Lin. 6. Haliplus (s.str.) japonicus SHARP, 1873* XINJIANG: 1 , Aletai, Habahe County, Tamqi Village, Birch Forest Scenic Spot, 48°04'12''N 86°20'24''E, 520 m, Material examined: 7.VIII.2017, leg. R. Zhang & S. Wang. CHONGQING: 1 ex., without detailed locality data, 8.III.1942, leg. X. Chen. Discussion: Haliplus abbreviatus is a variable species. Recently, H. kulleri, H. jaechi and H. Distribution: East Palearctic Region. Recorded from several provinces of eastern and south- ortali were synonymized with H. abbreviatus by VONDEL & LITOVKIN (2017), based on the vari- western China: Beijing, Chongqing, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. ability of the left paramere and the elytral color pattern. First record for Chongqing. The specimens from Shanxi have only one apical elytral blotch (specimen A), or one additional small median elytral blotch (specimen B) (Figs. 1–2); they lack a digitus on the left paramere 7. Haliplus (s.str.) latreillei JIA & VONDEL, 2011* (Fig. 3). Penis and right paramere as in Figs. 4–5. Distribution: Endemic to China (Guizhou). The specimen from Xinjiang is more oval in shape, with extended elytral maculation, and with a small triangular appendix on the left paramere (Figs. 6–7); besides, the apical part of the penis is slightly narrower (Fig. 8). Right paramere as in Fig. 9. 8. Haliplus (s.str.) regimbarti ZAITZEV, 1908* Considering the general variability of H. abbreviatus, we believe that these three specimens are Distribution: China and Japan (recently recorded from Okinawa by IWATA 2016). Wide-spread conspecific. in southern and eastern China: Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. Distribution: Wide-spread in the Palearctic Region. In China recorded from Shanxi and Xinjiang. First record for Shanxi.

9. Haliplus (s.str.) ruficollis (DE GEER, 1774)* 14. Haliplus (Liaphlus) basinotatus ZIMMERMANN, 1924* Distribution: West Palearctic and western part of East Palearctic, reaching north-western China Distribution: East Palearctic Region, including north-eastern China (Heilongjiang, Inner (Xinjiang). Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning).

10. Haliplus (s.str.) sibiricus MOTSCHULSKY, 1860* 15. Haliplus (Liaphlus) chinensis FALKENSTRÖM, 1932* Distribution: West Palearctic and western part of East Palearctic, reaching western China (Qing- Distribution: Korea and China, where it is widely distributed: Beijing, Fujian, Guizhou, Inner hai, Xinjiang). Mongolia, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

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17. Haliplus (Liaphlus) excoffieri VONDEL, 1991*

Distribution: Endemic to south-western China (Guizhou, Yunnan).

18. Haliplus (Liaphlus) eximius CLARK, 1863* Material examined: JIANGXI: 1 ex., Ji’an County, Zaodu Town, Nanshan Village, 29°00'36"N 115°09'36"E, 315 m, at light, 19.VII.2014, leg. R. Lin; 1 ex., Jinggangshan, Dajin Forest Farm, 26°33'56"N 114°07'55"E, 1160 m, 7.VIII.2017, leg. W. Xie & S. Wang. Distribution: East Palearctic and Oriental regions. Wide-spread in China: Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang. First record for Jiangxi.

19. Haliplus (Liaphlus) kotoshonis KANO & KAMIYA, 1931 Distribution: Known only from Japan (Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan.

20. Haliplus (Liaphlus) pulchellus CLARK, 1863* Distribution: Wide-spread in the Oriental Region. In China recorded from Fujian, Guangxi and Yunnan. The record from Yunnan was not listed in JIA & VONDEL (2011).

21. Haliplus (Liaphlus) sharpi WEHNCKE, 1880* Material examined: JIANGXI: 2 exs., Ji’an County, Zaodu Town, Nanshan Village, 29°0'36"N 115°9'36"E, 315 m, 19.VII.2014, leg. R. Lin. YUNNAN: 1 , Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan, Lake Kaibangya, 24°34'48"N 97°40'12"E, 1317 m, 25.V.2016, leg. Y. Tang & R. Zhang. Discussion: The specimen from Yunnan has a slightly smaller eye distance than the specimens from Jiangxi (Figs. 12–13), and the pronotum has two longitudinal marks on the disk (Figs. 10– 11). Distribution: Korea and China, where it is widely distributed: Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Taiwan, Yunnan. The record from Sichuan in VONDEL (2005) refers to Chongqing. First record for Jiangxi.

22. Peltodytes (s.str.) caesus (DUFTSCHMID, 1805)* Distribution: Wide-spread in the Palearctic Region, reaching north-western China (Xinjiang). Figs. 1–5: Haliplus abbreviatus from Shanxi (1: specimen A, 2–5: specimen B): 1) habitus, 2) left ely- tron, 3) left paramere, 4) penis, 5) right paramere. 23. Peltodytes (s.str.) coomani PESCHET, 1923* Figs. 6–9: Haliplus abbreviatus from Xinjiang: 6) habitus, 7) left paramere, 8) penis, 9) right paramere. Distribution: Narrowly distributed in the northern Oriental Region, reaching southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan). 16. Haliplus (Liaphlus) diruptus BALFOUR-BROWNE, 1946*

Distribution: East Palearctic and north-eastern Oriental regions. Wide-spread in China: Anhui, 24. Peltodytes (s.str.) dauricus ZIMMERMANN, 1924* Beijing, Fujian, Guizhou, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Taiwan, Tianjin, Yunnan, Xinjiang. Distribution: Narrowly distributed in the eastern Palearctic Region, including north-eastern China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning).

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17. Haliplus (Liaphlus) excoffieri VONDEL, 1991*

Distribution: Endemic to south-western China (Guizhou, Yunnan).

19. Haliplus (Liaphlus) kotoshonis KANO & KAMIYA, 1931 Distribution: Known only from Japan (Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan.

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Distribution: East Palearctic Region. Recorded from eastern and central China: Beijing, Fujian, Fenglong JIA Guangdong, Liaoning, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang. Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China ([email protected], [email protected])

26. Peltodytes (s.str.) pekinensis VONDEL, 1992* Bernhard J. van VONDEL Material examined: Natural History Museum Rotterdam, p/o Roestuin 78, 3343 CV Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands ([email protected]) SHANGHAI: 2 exs., without detailed locality data, 19.VII.1922, leg. A. Svenson.

Distribution: Russian Far East and eastern China: Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Hebei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin. First record for Shanghai.

27. Peltodytes (s.str.) sinensis (HOPE, 1845)* Material examined: TIANJIN: 1 ex., Nanda, IV.1956, collector unknown. Distribution: South-eastern Palearctic and Oriental regions. Wide-spread in eastern and central parts of China: Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tianjin, Yunnan, Zhejiang. First record for Tianjin.

Acknowledgements We are indebted to Dr. R. Hinchliffe of the Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Canada, for sending specimens of Peltodytes pekinensis to B.J. van Vondel. This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to F. Jia (grant no. 31772494) and the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation to B.J. van Vondel.

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Distribution: Russian Far East and eastern China: Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Hebei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin. First record for Shanghai.

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Buchbesprechung Angiochthebius subgen.n., a new subgenus of Ochthebius FOSTER, G.N., BILTON, D.T., HAMMOND, M. & NELSON, B.H. 2018: Atlas of the hydrophi- LEACH, 1815 from the southern Neotropical Region loid beetles of Britain and Ireland. – Telford: FSC Publications, xii + 305 pp. Paperback, £ 25.00.- (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) Dieser Atlas umfasst die Familien Helophoridae, Georissidae, Hydrochidae, Spercheidae und M.A. JÄCH & I. RIBERA Hydrophilidae (Hydrophiloidea) der Britischen Inseln (einschl. Irland, Hebriden, Orkney, Shetland, Man, Kanalinseln). Es ist praktisch der Folgeband zum “Atlas of the predaceous water beetles (Hydradephaga) of Britain and Ireland”, welcher in der Koleopterologischen Rundschau Abstract (Band 86: pp. 50, 60) vor zwei Jahren besprochen wurde. A new subgenus of Ochthebius LEACH, 1815 (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) is described: Angiochthebius subgen.n. (type species: Gymnochthebius plesiotypus PERKINS, 1980), which corresponds to the In ihrem Aufbau sind die beiden Werke nahezu identisch. Die einleitenden Kapitel (pp. 1–8) Gymnochthebius plesiotypus species group sensu PERKINS (1980). The new subgenus includes three enthalten Angaben über Sammelmethoden, Datenbasis, Identifikation, Genetik, Entwicklungs- species from Argentina and Chile: Ochthebius (Angiochthebius) jensenhaarupi KNISCH, 1924, O. (A.) stadien, Ernährung, Phänologie, Sexualdimorphismus, Lauterzeugung, Flugfähigkeit sowie eine octonarius (PERKINS, 1980) comb.n., and O. (A.) plesiotypus (PERKINS, 1980) comb.n. Angiochthe- ausführliche Übersicht über die natürlichen Feinde und Kommensalen der Hydrophiloidea. bius can be distinguished from the subgenera Gymnochthebius ORCHYMONT, 1943 and Gymnanthelius th PERKINS, 2004 mainly by the 5 abdominal ventrite, which is entirely pubescent, while it is totally or In der Tabelle auf den Seiten 9–17 sind auch die Hydradephaga gelistet, da im ersten Atlas eine partly glabrous in Gymnochthebius and Gymnanthelius. The aedeagal median piece of Angiochthebius sehr fehlerhafte Version zum Druck gelangte. Die Hydrophiloidea finden sich auf den Seiten 14– is bifid (in contrast to Ochthebius s.str. and Gymnanthelius). Ochthebius (A.) octonarius is recorded 17. Die Spalten für Großbritannien und Irland enthalten, wie im Hydradephaga Band, zusätzlich for the first time from Salta Province (Argentina); O. (A.) plesiotypus is recorded for the first time Angaben über den Gefährdungsstatus der jeweiligen Art. Neben den üblichen IUCN Kategorien from Cordillera, Maipo and Malleco provinces (Chile). findet sich noch die zusätzliche Kategorie „NS“ („nationally scarce“) in der Spalte Großbri- Key words: Coleoptera, Hydraenidae, Gymnanthelius, Gymnochthebius, Ochthebius, new subgenus, tannien. Eine Art (Spercheus emarginatus) gilt im behandelten Gebiet als ausgestorben; aller- new combinations, Neotropical Region, Chile, Argentina, new records. dings gibt es im Buch unterschiedliche Angaben darüber, wann diese Spezies zuletzt nachge- wiesen wurde; auf Seite 8 steht im ersten Absatz: „… not seen in England since 1956, …“, wäh- rend auf derselben Seite in der letzten Zeile folgendes vermerkt ist: „… was last found in Eng- Introduction land in 1954“; 1956 ist korrekt, 1954 ist ein Tippfehler (G.N. Foster, email vom 27.VIII.2018). Gymnochthebius ORCHYMONT, 1943 was originally described as a subgenus of Ochthebius Beeindruckend ist die Datenmenge, auf der dieser Atlas beruht: 149 000 Funddaten von 670 LEACH, 1815 (ORCHYMONT 1943) to place several American species described under Ochthebius Personen zusammengetragen. that could not be placed in any of the described subgenera, which had been established mostly for Palaearctic species. The species of Gymnochthebius have a bifurcate aedeagal main piece, Im Hauptteil des Werkes (pp. 18–267) werden die einzelnen Arten im Detail behandelt. Auf der with the gonopore usually placed at the base of the bifurcation, while in Ochthebius s.str. the ersten Seite finden sich kurze Angaben zu Taxonomie, Identifikation, Entwicklungsstadien, main piece is not bifurcate, and the gonopore is situated at the apex of the distal lobe Habitat und Verbreitung sowie natürliche Feinde („natural enemies“). Dieser Untertitel ist (ORCHYMONT 1943, PERKINS 1980). PERKINS (1980) revised the New World species of Gymn- allerdings nicht ganz zutreffend, denn die zahlreichen hier genannten epibiontischen Ziliaten ochthebius, and recognised three species groups: (1) G. plesiotypus group, with three species; (2) kann man nicht als Feinde bezeichnen. Auch manche aquatische Milbe, z.B. Allopygmephorus G. germaini group, with 13 species; (3) G. nitidus group, with nine species. The G. plesiotypus matthesi, im besprochenen Buch in der nicht mehr gültigen Kombination Bakerdania matthesi group was noted to have some deviating morphological characters: among others, a short and gelistet, gilt als phoretisch und schadet dem Käfer in keiner Weise. wide endophallus (slender in all other species of Gymnochthebius), and the 5th abdominal Auf die Verwendung von englischen Trivialnamen wird in diesem Buch weitgehend verzichtet. ventrite being entirely covered with hygrophobic pubescence (totally or partly glabrous in all Zu den wenigen Ausnahmen zählen Hydrophilus piceus („Great Silver Water Beetle“) und other species of Gymnochthebius). Hydrochara caraboides („Lesser Silver Water Beetle“). In a molecular phylogeny of the tribe Ochthebiini, Gymnochthebius plesiotypus PERKINS, 1980 Die nahezu ganzseitigen Verbreitungskarten sind auf Rasterbasis erstellt. Ein Punkt entspricht was recovered as sister to the Australian genus Gymnanthelius PERKINS, 2004, and both taxa einer Fläche von 10 × 10 km. Die einzelnen Fundpunkte sind entweder schwarz (ab 1980) oder were in turn sister to the other studied species of Gymnochthebius (including both Australian and grau (bis 1979). Bei einigen Arten sind zusätzlich subfossile Funde (×) eingetragen. Helophorus Neotropical examples) (VILLASTRIGO et al. in press). This required either the synonymy of brevipalpis und Anacaena globulus sind die im Untersuchungsgebiet am weitesten verbreiteten Gymnanthelius under Gymnochthebius, or the erection of a new taxon for the G. plesiotypus Arten. Bei Cercyon castaneipennis, Laccobius simulatrix und Sphaeridium substriatum wurde group of the same rank as Gymnochthebius and Gymnanthelius. In VILLASTRIGO et al. (in press) auf eine Verbreitungskarte verzichtet; Cercyon castaneipennis ist nur in einer Fußnote (p. 234) Gymmochthebius is considered a subgenus of Ochthebius, as originally intended by ORCHYMONT erwähnt: „… now confirmed in Kent“, und Sphaeridium substriatum ist nur in der Tabelle (1943), and in consequence we describe here a new subgenus for the G. plesiotypus group. (p. 17) und im Text (p. 258) kurz erwähnt, da der Nachweis noch nicht publiziert wurde.

(Fortsetzung auf p. 22)

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