Haliplus gravidus AUBÉ, 1838

FAMILIA Haliplidae Aubé, 1836

Haliplus gravidus Aubé, 1838

según: van Vondel & Spangler. 2008

Haliplus gravidus Aubé 1838: 26; Régimbart, 1889b: 257; Zimmermann 1920b: 308; 1924: 204; Guignot 1948:97; Blackwelder 1944: 72.
= H. brandeni Wehhncke, 1883:381; Régimbart 1889b: 257; Chapin 1930: 11; Guignot
H. obconicus Régimbart, 1889:381; Régimbart 1889b: 257; Chapin 1930: 11; Guignot 1948: 97; Blackwelder 1944: 72; Vidal Sarmiento & Grosso 1970: 63; 1971: 150. Synonymized by Vondel (2005: 46).
H. robustus Sharp, 1877120; Sharp 1882: 2; 1887: 748; Fleutiaux & Sallé 1889: 369; Régimbart 1889b: 257; Zimmermann 1920a: 224; 1920b: 308; 1924: 204; Chapin 1930: 12; Guignot 1948: 97; Blackwelder 1944: 72; Peck 1993: 152. Synonymized by Zimmermann (1920b: 308).

Distribución geográfica: Antillas (Antigua, Barbados, Bonaire, Curaçao, Marie-Galante, Saint-Martin, St. Lucia, Trinidad); Argentina (Chaco), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brasil (Bahia, Brasilia, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Liberia, Puntarenas,), Ecuador (Galapagos Islands, Guayaquil, Guayas,); Guatemala, Guyana, México (Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Panamá (Canal Zone), Paraguay (Cordillera), Puerto Rico, República Dominicana (Distrito Nacional, St Domingo), Surinam, Venezuela (Aragua, Margarita Island).
Época de actividad: Todo el año, parcialmente en cada hemisferio
Biología: largo: .8–3.5 mm; ancho: 1.7–2.2 mm.

REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS:

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Lawrence, J. F. and A. F. Newton, Jr. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). pp. 779-1006 in: J. Pakaluk and S.A. Slipinski (eds.): Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.

Leschen, R. A. B.; Beutel, R. G. and Lawrence, J. F. (Editors); Slipinski, A. (Associate editor). 2009. Handbook of zoology. Coleoptera, Beetles, vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim).

van Vondel, B.J. & P.J. Spangler. 2008. Revision of the Haliplidae of the Neotropical Region including Mexico (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 78:69–194