Laccobius

Jia, Fenglong, Gentili, Elio & Fikáček, Martin, 2013, The genus Laccobius in China: new species and new records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), Zootaxa 3635 (4), pp. 402-418 : 412

Laccobius (s.str.) colon (Stephens, 1829)

Material examined. Inner Mongolia: 1 female (SYSU): Hailar, 23–26.vii.2003, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 3 males (SYSU): Linxi County, Linxi town, 23.vii.2008, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 1 male (SYSU): Jining suburb, viii.1975, without collector.; 2 males, 16 females (SYSU): same locality, 21.vii.2009, Fenglong Jia lgt. Ningxia: 1 female (SYSU): Helanshan Landscape of Garden of Ningxia Agricultral College, 24.vi.1990, Su lgt. Shaanxi: 3 males, 2 females (SYSU): southern suburb of Xi’an, 17.viii.1984, Zhihe Huang lgt.; 1 male (SYSU): Xi’an, Wujiafen, 17.viii.1984, Zhihe Huang lgt.; 1 female (SYSU): Huashan, 24.viii.1984, Zhihe Huang lgt. Tianjin: 1 female (SYSU): Nankai University Campus, 28.iv.1956, without collector; 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): without additional data, each with label “ Laccobius cinereus Motschulsky ?” Xinjiang: 1 male (SYSU): Fuhai pool, 11.viii.2005, Ling Zhao lgt.; 1 female (SYSU): “ Laccobius F Ƥ, 2/10/1940, Panle / Xinjiang?”.

Comments. Widely distributed from Europe eastwards to Russian Far East and North China. New for Xinjiang, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Tianjin provinces.