Haliplus (Liaphlus) flavicollis 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

Haliplus (Liaphlus) flavicollis Sturm, 1834

Distribution in Iran. Markazi (Vondel: Tabel 1), Mazandaran ( Mousavi et al. 2016).

General distribution. Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Central, North and South European Territory, West Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “Transcaucasia”, “Turkestan”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005), Georgia, Montenegro, Serbia ( Vondel 2013), Uzbekistan ( Vondel 2007).

Comments. Living in clean and clear stagnant or very slowly running water of lakes, ditches, canals and pools with rich vegetation. Also recorded from brackish water ( Vondel 1997). In rice fields ( Mousavi 2016).