Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Hydroporus fuscipennis Schaum

Note.

This species is reported from several specimens collected at several localities of Prince and Kings Counties (Table 2).

Habitat.

These beetles occur among dense emergent vegetation along the margins of small, often temporary pools, usually situated in grasslands, cleared areas or at the edges of forest, but not typically in forest pools. Hydroporus fuscipennis is usually found in more or less eutrophic pools and is not common in peatlands (Larson et al. 2000). Specimens were collected in Prince Edward Island essentially from cattail ponds and roadside ditches (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

This species is known also from the neighboring Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick (Larson et al. 2000).