Haliplus obliquus Fabricius 1787 (crawling water beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Haliplidae
Alternative combination: Dytiscus obliquus
Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum Sistens Eorum Species Nuper Detectas Adiectis Characteribus Genericis, Differentiis Specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Tomus I 1-348
Belongs to Haliplus according to V. Tamutis et al. 2011
See also Coope et al. 1961 and Fabricius 1787
Sister taxa: Haliplus cretaceus, Haliplus ruficollis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Upton Warren, Band 3 (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)
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