Peltodytes quadratus Regimbart , 1895

Ramahandrison, Andriamirado Tahina, Rakouth, Bakolimalala & Manuel, Michael, 2022, The aquatic Adephaga of the Makay, central-western Madagascar, with description of two new diving beetle species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1127, pp. 1-60 : 1

Peltodytes quadratus Regimbart, 1895

Type locality.

Madagascar, Antananarivo, Ambodinandohalo Lake.

Material examined.

1 ♀: MAK-19; 1 ♂: MAK-41.

Distribution.

Madagascar, widespread ( Guignot 1959-1961; Bertrand and Legros 1971; Bameul 1984; Rocchi 1991; van Vondel and Bergsten 2012).

Habitat in study area.

This species was only found at two sampling sites, both peripheral. One was a large puddle partially sheltered by trees, with water slowly flowing and with abundant rice straw debris, on a dirty road between two rice fields, and the other was a small puddle in open situation on the sandy bank of a river, with Azolla aquatic ferns (eutrophication indicator).

Family Noteridae