Hydroporus planus Fabricius 1781 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Alternative combination: Dytiscus planus

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1781. Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentias Specificas, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus II 1-517

Belongs to Hydroporus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Coope et al. 1961 and Fabricius 1781

Sister taxa: Hydroporus acutangulus, Hydroporus carstengroehni, Hydroporus clessini, Hydroporus discretus, Hydroporus edenianus, Hydroporus inanimatus, Hydroporus inundatus, Hydroporus lapideus, Hydroporus lapponum, Hydroporus morio, Hydroporus multipunctatus, Hydroporus notabilis, Hydroporus palustris, Hydroporus pleistocenicus, Hydroporus praedorsalis, Hydroporus praenigrita, Hydroporus praenivalis, Hydroporus sandbergeri, Hydroporus sectus, Hydroporus statzi, Hydroporus striola, Hydroporus subarcticus, Hydroporus trimaculatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Upton Warren, Band 3 (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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