Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Natural History Volume 50, 2016 - Issue 3-4
Submit an article Journal homepage
210
Views
6
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Aquatic Coleoptera from Pakistan: faunistic and zoogeographical contribution (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Dytiscidae: Hydrophilidae)

Mustafa C. DarilmazFaculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Aksaray University, Aksaray, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Zubair AhmedFederal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Pages 149-162 | Received 31 Mar 2014, Accepted 27 May 2015, Published online: 14 Jul 2015

References

  • Balke M, Jach MA, Hendrich L. 2004. Order Coleoptera. In: Yule CM, Yong HS, editors. Freshwater invertebrates of the Malaysian region. Selangor: Academy of Sciences Malaysia; p. 555−609.
  • Biström O. 1986. Review of the genus Hydroglyphus Motschulsky (= Guignotus Houlbert) in Africa (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zool Fennica. 182:1−56.
  • Blood P. 1994. Pakistan: a country study. Washington, DC: GPO for the Library of Congress.
  • Brinck P. 1981. Taxonomic status and evolutionary trends in the whirligig beetle taxon Spinosodineutes Coleoptera: Gyrinidae. Entomol Gen. 71:17−32.
  • Darilmaz MC, Ahmed Z. 2009. A new record for the fauna of Pakistan: Hydaticus leander (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Turk J Zool. 33:105−106.
  • Darilmaz MC, Kıyak S. 2011. A study on the family Spercheidae (Coleoptera) from Turkey. Turk J Zool. 35:441−444.
  • Ghosh SK, Nilsson AN. 2012. Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Umeå: Skörvnöpparn.
  • Hájek J. 2006. The westernmost record of Oriental Neptosternus circumductus, and the review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of Baluchistan (Iran, Pakistan). Acta Entomol Mus Nat Pragae. 46:43−56.
  • Hansen M. 1991. The Hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea). Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
  • Hansen M. 1999. World catalogue of insects. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books.
  • Hansen M. 2004. Hydrophiloidea. In: Löbl I, Smetana A, editors. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 2. Stenstrup: Apollo Books; p. 36−68.
  • Hebauer F. 1997. Revision der arten der Familie Spercheidae Erichson, 1837 (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Entomol Bl Biol Syst Kaefer. 93:9−42.
  • Mazzoldi P. 2003. Gyrinidae. In: Löbl I, Smetana A, editors. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 1. Stenstrup: Apollo Books; p. 26−30.
  • Miller K, Bergsten J. 2012. Phylogeny and classification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae): relaxed-clock model outperforms parsimony and time-free Bayesian analyses. Syst Entomol. 37:706−746.
  • Miller KB. 2002. Revision of the Genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquat Insects. 24:247–272.
  • Nilsson AN. 2013. A world catalogue of the family Dytiscidae, or the diving beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) [Internet]. Version 1.I.2013. Umeå: University of Umeå; [cited 2014 Jan 15]. Available from: http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/
  • Nilsson AN, Hájek J. 2013. Catalogue of Palearctic Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) [Internet]. Version 2013-01-01. Umeå: University of Umeå; [cited 2014 Jan 15]. Available from: http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/
  • Pearson DL, Ghorpade K. 1989. Geographical distribution and ecological history of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of the Indian subcontinent. J Biogeogr. 16:333−344.
  • Rafi MA, Jürgen W, Matin MA, Zia A, Sultan A, Naz F. 2010. Faunistics of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Pakistan. J Insect Sci. 10:1–23.
  • Short AEZ, Fikáček M. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Syst Entomol. 38:723−752.
  • Short AEZ, Hebauer F. 2006. World catalogue of Hydrophiloidea – additions and corrections, 1 (1999–2005) (Coleoptera). Koleopterol Rundsch. 76:315−359.
  • Vazirani TG. 1984. The fauna of India, Coleoptera: family Gyrinidae and family Haliplidae. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India.
  • Wewalka G. 1975. Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Coleoptera: Fam. Dytiscidae, unter Berücksichtigung einiger Arten aus benachbarten Gebieten. Entomol Basil. 1:151−165.
  • Wewalka G. 1979. Revision der Artengruppe des Hydaticus (Guignotites) fabricii (MacLeay) (Col., Dytiscidae). Koleopterol Rundsch. 54:119−139.
  • Wooldridge DP. 1977. Paracymus of the Oriental faunal region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). J Kans Entomol Soc. 50:119−128.
  • Zia A, Naeem M, Rafi MA, Naz F, Afsheen S, Ilyas M. 2011. Damselflies (Zygoptera: Odonata) of Pakistan: part 1. J Insect Sci. 11:1−27.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.