Haliplus (Liaphlus) variegatus Sturm, 1834

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 : 235-236

Haliplus (Liaphlus) variegatus Sturm, 1834

Distribution in Iran. Fars ( Hosseinie 1974, 1978), Lorestan (Vondel: Table 1 ), Mazandaran ( Mousavi et al 2016). General distribution. Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Central and South European Territory), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, “Transcaucasia”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005), Luxembourg, Montenegro, Serbia ( Vondel 2013), Iran ( Vondel 1991; Darilmaz & Kiyak 2006).

Comments. Vondel (1991) suggested that the records of Hosseinie (1974, 1978) might concern other species like H. abbreviatus , but the presence in Iran is now confirmed (Vondel: Table 1 ). Living in stagnant waterbodies with fresh water, often with a vegetation of Characeans, Sphagnum or Hypnum , in temporary dune-pools and in peat bogs ( Vondel 1997). Also found in shallow, slow-moving streams ( Hosseinie 1978) and remaining pools in riverbeds ( Hosseinie 1974). In rice fields ( Mousavi et al. 2016).