Helochares (Hydrobaticus) lepidus d'Orchymont , 1943

Freitag, Hendrik, 2013, Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) ateneo, new species (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) and other aquatic Polyphaga from a small habitat patch in a highly urbanized landscape of Metro Manila, Philippines, ZooKeys 329, pp. 9-21 : 17

Helochares (Hydrobaticus) lepidus d'Orchymont, 1943

Helochares lentus lepidus d’Orchymont 1943: 5 (orig. descr.).

Helochares lepidus d’Orchymont - Hebauer 1995: 4; Hansen 1999: 168 (cat.) and references therein; Freitag and Pangantihon 2010: 147.

Material examined.

2 ♂♂ (CFM): "PHIL: Luzon, NCR, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus; spring creek near JM Lucas Infirmary, helocrene, leaf packs; 14°33'16.3"N, 121°04'51.7"E, c.45m asl; leg. H. Freitag 16.Nov.2012 (ADM1d)M"; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (CFM): "PHIL.: Luzon, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus, near San Jose Seminary, creek side pool, leaf litter; 14°38'05.5"N, 121°04'49.8"E, 37m asl.; leg. Vidal, Go & Freitag 16.Nov.2012 (ADM2e)M"; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ (CFM): "PHIL.: Luzon, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus, near San Jose Seminary, creek side pool, leaf litter; 14°38'05.5"N, 121°04'49.8"E, 37m asl.; leg. H. Freitag 28.Jun.2013 (ADM2e)M"; 2 ♂♂ (CFM): "PHIL: Luzon, NCR, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus; pond near CTC, subm. leaf litter; 14°38'18.5"N, 121°04'33.3"E, c.56m asl; leg. H. Freitag 28.Jun.2013 (ADM4e)M"; 1 ♀ (CFM): "PHIL: Luzon, NCR, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus; rock pool near Animal House, subm. leaf litter; 14°38'18.4"N, 121°04'45.7"E, 63m asl; leg. Go, Vidal & Freitag 16.Nov.2012 (ADM5e)M"; 1 ♂ (CFM): "PHIL: Luzon, NCR, Quezon City, Ateneo de Manila Campus; rock pool near Animal House, subm. leaf litter; 14°38'18.4"N, 121°04'45.7"E, 63m asl; leg. H. Freitag 28.Jun.2013 (ADM5e)M".

Distribution.

This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is widely distributed, but not yet recorded from Palawan.

Ecology.

As in Enochrus (Lumetus) fragiloides .