Haliplus (Haliplidius) confinis Stephens, 1828

Van Vondel, Bernhard J., Ostovan, Hadi & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 225-246 : 233

Haliplus (Haliplidius) confinis Stephens, 1828

Material examined. Ilam province ( Table 1 ). New record for Iran.

General distribution. Austria, Belgium, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Central, North and South European Territory, East and West Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “Transcaucasia”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005), China (Xinjiang) ( Jia & Vondel 2011) , Luxembourg, Montenegro ( Vondel 2013).

Comments. Living in fresh water among especially Characeans in lakes, ponds, stagnant parts of slowly running brooks, streamlets, but even in brackish water. Often found at depths of more than 1 m ( Vondel 1997).