Haliplus (Haliplidius) obliquus Fabricius, 1787

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 : 233-234

Haliplus (Haliplidius) obliquus Fabricius, 1787

Distribution in Iran. Hamadan (Vondel: Table 1 ).

General distribution. Albania, Serbia ( Vondel 2013), Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Central and South European Territory, Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “Transcaucasia”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005), Iran ( Guéorguiev 1981).

Comments. Living among Characeans in stagnant fresh water in ditches, lakes and gravel-pits. Also recorded from brackish water. Up to an altitude of 2300 m ( Vondel 1997).