Hydrovatus sumatrensis Sharp, 1882

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 116

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scientific name	Hydrovatus sumatrensis Sharp, 1882
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Hydrovatus sumatrensis Sharp, 1882: 327 View in CoL ; Biström, 1996: 388, and references therein; Balke et al., 1999: 325; Nilsson, 2001: 192.

Material examined. – 73 specimens - Central catchment area - 5 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 20 Sep.1993, y 843, coll. Yang ( ZRC) ; 20 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 6 Dec.1996, coll. L. Hendrich ( CBH, ZRC) ; 29 ex., idem, 21 Apr.1997, coll. Balke & Hendrich ( CBH, ZRC) ; 19 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 26 Apr.1997, coll. M. Balke & L. Hendrich ( CBH, ZRC) .

Distribution. – West Malaysia (coll. Hendrich), Indonesia [Sumatra, Siberut, Nias, Java, Sulawesi] ( Biström, 1996) and Singapore (Balke et al., 1999).

Ecology. – In Singapore, all records are from shallow, open or semi-shaded waterbodies in a primary freshwater swamp. The habitat is rich in rotten leaves and dense submerged vegetation. Hydrovatus sumatrensis may be attracted to light (Ullrich, in litt.).

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